History of Calabar

Calabar itace babban birnin jihar Cross River, kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. An kafa shi ne a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa ta mutanen Efik tun a karni na sha ashirin da bakwai. A shekarar 1884, Birtaniya ta kafa Oil Rivers Protectorate a Calabar, wanda ya zama cibiyar mulkin mallaka a yankin. Birnin ya shahara a matsayin cibiyar kasuwancin bayi da man fetur a karni na sha tara. A lokacin mulkin mallaka, Calabar ya zama babbar cibiyar gudanarwa da ilimi. An gina manyan hanyoyin ruwa da ke haɗa shi da cibiyoyin kasuwanci. Bayan samun 'yancin kai, Calabar ya ci gaba da zama cibiyar yawon bude ido da al'ada, musamman saboda Carnival Calabar wanda aka fi sani. A yau Calabar yana da muhimmanci a matsayin cibiyar tattalin arziki da al'ada na jihar Cross River. A can ake samun University of Calabar, da Cross River State University of Technology, da kuma filin jirgin samaniya. Birnin yana da kyakkyawan yanayi da ke jawo 'yan yawon bude ido daga sassan duniya daban-daban.