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Place details
- Locality
- Asaba
- Region
- Delta
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 73,374
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Asaba
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Asaba 2.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Okpanam Road, a prominent avenue in Asaba
- Settlement.nicknames
- Ani Mmili, Asb
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Asaba in Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Delta State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- LGA
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Oshimili South
- Settlement.founder
- Nnebisi
- Settlement.parts_type
- 5 Quarters
- Settlement.leader_title
- Asagba “Obi Eze” (Ceremonial)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Delta State
- Population
- 149603
- Area
- 268
- Elevation
- 180
- Capital of
- Delta State
- Official website
- asaba.com
- Image
- Summit road, Asaba.jpeg
- Dialing code
- 056
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- twinned administrative body
- Stockton
- Commons category
- Asaba (Delta State)
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- postal code
- 320241
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Water
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|First Niger Bridge
Asaba ('''Igbo: Ahaba''') is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria. A rapidly growing urban area, it is located on the western bank of the Niger River and serves as the seat of the Oshimili South Local Government Area and Delta State Capital Territory. Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a fast growing metropolitan population today of over half a million people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asaba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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