Asaba History

Asaba lies approximately 60 degrees North of the equator and about the same distance of the prime meridian with an estimated area of 200 square kilometers.

The town is situated on a terrace of the River Niger, overlooking the point where the Anambra River flows into it. Beyond the river banks, on the high plains which are far more extensive than the river basins, secondary forest vegetation flourishes. This is the zone where most subsistence farming activities take place, although the basins are equally cultivated.

Asaba overlooks the commercial centre of Onitsha and stands strategically on the proposed trans-African highway. It is a route-town or nodal centre linking every easily most commercial towns in Nigeria.

The River Niger has remained a vital link, as it has done in the earliest times, between North and sub-Saharan Africa. With the commissioning of the Niger Bridge in 1966, Asaba's position as a nodal point was reinforced with even greater possibilities and scope for giving expanded services to far away lands. Indeed, as of now, Asaba embraces all the four compass points in terms of accessibility.

For more information on the history of Asaba, click the links below:
History of ASABA - Historical Highlight
History of ASABA - Traditional Government
History of ASABA - Administrative Organization