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Ashaka
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The record
What the archive holds for Ashaka
| Region | Delta |
|---|---|
| State | Delta |
| Local government | Ndokwa East |
| Division | Riverine Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | town |
Ashaka is a town of Ndokwa East in Delta State, on the Kwale–Ashaka road in the Niger basin.
Ashaka is a town in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State, in the Niger Delta basin near Igbuku and Uchie, on the road that runs from Kwale to it. Its postal code is 322124, and its climate is tropical monsoon.
The traditions of the lower Niger place it on the way down: in the account kept for Aboh, Ashaka is one of the places the founders of Aboh passed through before they reached the river town.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 49-51, Table IX and notes.
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