Ahaba Amaka Essay

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------------------------------------------------- AHABA AMAKA! ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Asaba – THE CAPITAL CITY The City of Asaba, the capital of oil rich Delta State of Nigeria is strategically located on a hill at the western edge of the majestic River Niger. The historic River Niger is a trans-African link beginning from East Africa and down into the Atlantic Ocean. Asaba forms a connector between western, eastern and northern Nigeria through the River Niger from the north and via the Asaba Niger Bridge, an east west link and a Nigeria landmark. Asaba lies approximately 6 degrees north of the equator and about the same distance east of the meridian; about 100 miles north of where the River Niger flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The greater Asaba occupies an area of about 300 square kilometers. It maintains an average tropical temperature of 90 degrees during the dry season and an average fertile rainfall of 6 inches during the rainy season. Ibo is the native language in Asaba and neighboring towns. Since becoming the Delta State capital, Asaba has grown in population to over half a million very hospitable people and now maintains a cosmopolitan population of predominantly non-indigenous People. ------------------------------------------------- Asaba History Asaba is believed to have derived its origin from a conglomeration of mostly three different ancestral lineages: Ugboma is considered to be the first settler in what later became Ahaba and subsequently Asaba. Ezeanyanwu, another settler was said to have hailed from the royal line of Ezechima. The legendary ancestor of numerous settlements east of the Niger and environ. However, the history of modern Asaba is always traced back to its most famous citizen, Nnebisi. Nnebisi, the son of Diaba, an early settler; Nnebisi in Ibo language

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