Place:Asaba, Delta, Nigeria

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NameAsaba
TypeCity
Coordinates6.183°N 6.717°E
Located inDelta, Nigeria
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Asaba is the capital city of Delta State in southern Nigeria. It is located at the western bank of the Niger River, in the Oshimili South Local Government Area.[1] Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a metropolitan population of over half a million people.[1]

Asaba is well known for social activities due to the presence of large people and social amenities such as hotels, clubs, cinemas, malls, event centre, etc. It holds a yearly program named Delta Yaddah which always host series of gospel singers among others. Due to its large population, crime rate is high. Crimes such as pick pocketing, sideways robbery, etc., is rampart in Asaba. Because of the existence of foreigners in the state, cost of living is high in Asaba. The Onitsha bridge is the boundary between Delta and Anambra state, as the bridge separates Asaba and Onitsha.

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