Sapele
Entandrophragma cylindricum is a tree of the genus Entandrophragma of the family Meliaceae.

Entandrophragma cylindricum is a tree of the genus Entandrophragma of the family Meliaceae. It is commonly known as sapele or sapelli or sapele mahogany, as well as aboudikro, assi, and muyovu.
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Worth seeing in and around Sapele
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sapele Stadium
Sapele Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sapele, Nigeria. It is used mostly for football matches and athletics.
900 m · multi-use stadium in Sapele, Nigeria · Wikipedia - 02Oghara Township Stadium
Oghara Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Oghara, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosted some of the final tournaments for the 2006 Women's African Football Championship.
5.2 km · multi-use stadium in Oghara, Nigeria · Wikipedia - 03Admiralty University of Nigeria
Admiralty University of Nigeria located in Ibusa, Delta State, Nigeria, was originally established as a private university through the joint efforts of Nigerian Navy Holdings Limited and Hellenic Education of Nigeria in December 2017. The institution became a Federal University through an Act assented to by past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gen.
3.4 km · The Admiralty University of Nigeria was established as a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) through the joint efforts of Nigerian Navy Holdings. · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Sapele has a stadium known as Sapele Township Stadium which is a multi-use stadium in Sapele, Nigeria. This stadium is used mostly for football matches and athletics in the area and it can accommodate up to 16,000 people. It is the temporary home stadium of Bayelsa United Football Club. Sapele Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sapele, Nigeria. It is used mostly for football matches and athletics.
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Things to do
If one is feeling a little bit adventurous and have never visited Benin city before which is very proximate to Sapele, he or she may want to take advantage of the opportunity to explore the town, rent a canoe or ferry boat from Sapele and row him/herself all the way to Benin to have a fun time without hitches.
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Where to eat
There are a couple of restaurants in Sapele that can offer visitors quite an affordable and delicious meal seamlessly. Prominent among these restaurants include:
- 01Lizzy Food
5, Adeola Rd,.
- 02Great Food
New Ogorode Rd, Amukpe.
- 03Turn Up Restaurant
Cemetery Rd.
- 04Aroma Food Land
74, Okpe Rd,.
- 05Shanghai Restaurant & Bar
Adjacent Hamsphire hotel, Miller Estate, GRA, 331107,.
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Getting to Sapele
- Airports
- Asaba (ABB), 115 km · Port Harcourt (PHC), 171 km · Akanu Ibiam (ENU), 218 km
- Asaba → Sapele121 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · ₦10,300–13,750
- Port Harcourt → Sapele193 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · ₦13,150–17,550
- Enegu → SapeleTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sapele
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sapele. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Sapele – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Sapele
Sapele is 43 km from Warri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.