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Benin City
Capital city of Edo State, Nigeria

Benin City

Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria.

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It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan. Benin City comprises three local government areas; Egor, Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo with some parts extending into the Ovia North-East and Uhunmwonde LGAs.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Benin City National Museum
  2. 02
    Royal Palace of Oba of Benin

    This is the home of the Oba (King) of Benin.

  3. 03
    Ogba Zoo

    Ogogugbo (Airport, Ogba Rd, Benin City),.

  4. 04
    Ogiamien Palace

    The only building that survived the 1897 British expediton.

  5. 05
    Oredo Local Government Area Secretariat

    This is the Local Government Area Secretariat of the Popular Oredo in Benin City.

  6. 06
    Kada Plaza Cinema & Entertainment Centre

    Movie theatre in an ultramodern mall with an array of shops.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Okomu National Park
  2. 02
    Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

    The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benin City that was built as known as Ogbe Stadium.

Eat

Where to eat

Edo people love pounded yam and orhe (ogbono) soup (draw soup).

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