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Abeokuta
Capital city of Ogun State, Nigeria

Abeokuta

Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State, which is located in southwestern Nigeria.

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It is situated on both banks of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of Lagos by railway, or 130 kilometres (81 mi) by water. As of 2006, Abeokuta had a combined population of 449,088. Its estimated population as at 2022 based on this definition was 735,000 inhabitants, although the city limits has sprawled into the neighbouring LGA of Odeda since the last enumeration exercise.

Get in

Getting to Abeokuta

Abeokuta is halfway between Lagos and Ibadan, high-speed Lagos-Ibadan Railway trains takes about one hour from both cities and there several departures every day. Additionally, there are much slower long-distance trains on the old narrow gauge route from Kano via Kaduna and Ibadan, continuing to Lagos. These long-distace trains runs a few times per week, but are subject to frequent cancellations.

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    Abeokuta
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    Old Abeokuta

    The old, centrally located railway station.

See

Worth seeing

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    MKO Abiola

    MKO Abiola Stadium is a multi-use stadium that is used mostly for football matches.

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    Funaab Zoo Park

    A diminutive zoo on the Federal University of Agriculture Campus.

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    Olumo Rock

    This is quite the nifty attraction, and popular, too, as it's a large granite dome from which you can view the entirety of the city and its surroundings, including Sts.

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    Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Abeokuta

    This consists of a library with documents pertaining to the president Olusegun Obasanjo, but much more also: a research library, a recreational theater, an amusement park, and a resort.

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    Bilikisu Sungbo Shrine

    Bilikisu Sungbo Shrine is believed to be the tomb of Queen of Sheba from the bible.

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    National Museum Abeokuta

    National Museum Abeokuta a museum with a wide collection of artefacts, sculptors, and relics of the Egba people.

Do

Things to do

Explore the rock dome at Olumo Rock, where the Egba peoples used to take shelter in the crooks and crannies to hide from slavehunters and other hostile people.

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    Oyan River Dam

    The Oyan River Dam falls about 20 km in the north of Abeokuta.

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    Capricorn Cinema

    Cultural Centre Abeokuta South, Kuto 110101, Abeokuta.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Royal Mandarin Kuto Abeokuta

    2 Gen.gausau Crescent, opposite Legislative quarters, Ibara housing estate, Abeokuta Ogun south LGA (next to the Park Inn by Radisson),.

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    Sweet Sensation Abeokuta

    Oke-ilewo Rd,Behind Opic Building,ibara,.

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    WorkCity Restaurant

    Ibara,.

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    Mr Bigg's

    Plot 2, Obafemi Awolowo way, Ibara,.

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    Big Treat Restaurant

    Opic Roundabout,ibara.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.