Asaba

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Place details

Locality: Asaba
Region: Delta
Country: Nigeria
Population: 73,374
Timezone: Africa/Lagos

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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)

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Wikidata facts

Population: 149603
Area: 268
Elevation: 180
Official website: asaba.com
Image: Summit road, Asaba.jpeg
Dialing code: 056

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Commons category: Asaba (Delta State)
inception: 1884-00-00
postal code: 320241
P12749: Category:1890s in the United Kingdom

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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.