Nigeria Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Nigeria? Check out our Nigeria Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Nigeria.
Top Places to visit in Nigeria:
Yankari National Park, Olumo Rock, Zuma Rock, Gashaka Gumti National Park, Cross River National Park, Lagos Bar Beach, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigerian National Museum, Lagos Island, Chad Basin National Park, Oguta Lake, Abuja National Mosque, Nike Art Gallery Lagos, Freedom Park Lagos, Lekki Market Lagos
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Calabar, Canaan City in Nigeria, cross river state, electricity mast
Calabar (also referred to as Canaan City)[2] is a city in Cross River State, in south southern Nigeria. The original name for Calabar was Akwa Akpa, from the Efik language.[3][4] The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta).
Calabar is the capital of Cross River State, and has often been described as the tourism capital of Nigeria.[5] Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South LGAs. It has an area of 406 square kilometres (157 sq mi) and had a population of 371,022 at Calabar is the capital of Cross River State, and has often been described as the tourism capital of Nigeria. [5] Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South LGAs. It has an area of 406 square kilometers (157 sq mi) and had a population of 371,022 at the 2006 census. [6] In Calabar, southeast of Nigeria, about 30 football fans were killed when they were electrocuted by a Crashed electricity mast, reports Nigerian media.
The fans had gathered in a building to watch the Europa League match Manchester United-Anderlecht when the high-voltage mast switched over.
A witness tells the Nigerian Channels TV that the victims were electrocuted when the electricity cable was on the roof of the building.
How the mast could fall is not clear. One of the fans who survived the incident said to the Nigerian Daily Mail that a transformer housing was exploding in the neighborhood. He went outside because he heard a bang and then saw the mast falling over.Seaport City[edit]
Since the 16th century, Calabar had been a recognized international seaport, shipping out goods such as palm oil.[7] During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, it became a major port in the transportation of African slaves and was named Calabar by the Spanish. By the 18th century, most slave ships that transported slaves from Calabar were English, with around 85% of these ships being owned by Bristol and Liverpool merchants.[8] Old Calabar (Duke Town) and Creek Town, 10 miles northeast, were crucial towns in the trade of slaves in that era.[2] The first British warship to sail as far as Duke Town, where she captured seven Spanis
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Tourism - Cross River National Park, Nigeria
Cross River National Park is located between Latitude 5o 05’ and 6o 29’ N, and Longitudes 8o 15’ and 9o 30’ E, in the extreme south-eastern corner of Nigeria, in Cross River State. It covers a total area of about 4000sq km of mainly primary moist tropical rainforest ecosystem in the North and central parts, and montane mosaic vegetation on the Obudu Plateau. It is Nigeria’s last Great Rainforest Reserve, and the closest to the Mangrove Swamps on the coastal region.
The Park’s Ecosystem
Along with Korup National Park in the Republic of Cameroon, Cross River National Park is an important biotic reserve which contains one of the oldest rainforests in Africa. It is also one of the 25 United Nations acclaimed biodiversity hot spots in the World. Some portions of the Park lies in the Guinea-Congolian region of the lowland rainforest refugia with closed canopy and scattered emergent trees which reach a height of between 40 and 50 meters. Studies have revealed that vegetation here has evolved over 60 million years ago.
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