Asaba

Asaba itace babban birnin jihar Delta, kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. An kafa shi ne a shekarar 1884 a matsayin tashar kasuwanci ta Royal Niger Company a gefen kogin Niger. A farkon shekarun 1900, Birtaniya ta ɗauki iko kai tsaye, ta mai da Asaba cibiyar gudanarwa a yankin. A shekarar 1991, lokacin da aka kafa jihar Delta, an zabi Asaba a matsayin babban birnin sabon jihar.

Tarihin Asaba ya yi dabi'a da kasuwanci da kuma siyasa. A lokacin yakin basasa na Najeriya, Asaba ta shahara saboda kwantan Asaba na watan Oktoba 1967, inda sojojin Biafra suka kashe mutane da yawa daga al'ummar Igbo. Wannan ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi baƙin tarihi a yakin.

A yau Asaba ta zama cibiyar tattalin arziki da siyasa na jihar Delta. A can ake samun Delta State University, da Asaba International Airport, da kuma manyan otal-otal. Birnin yana da kyakkyawan yanayi kuma yana da hanyoyin haɗin kai zuwa Legas da sauran manyan birane.