Epe (Nigeria)

Coordinates: 6 ° 35 '  N , 4 ° 0'  E

Epe (Nigeria)​

Nigeria

Epe is a port city in Nigeria in the state of Lagos with 87,289 inhabitants.

Epe is about 60 km east of the capital Lagos and about 25 km south of Ijebu-Ode . Epe was founded in the middle of the 18th century as an important port for the Kingdom of the Ijebu, but today it is only of regional importance. Mainly agricultural products are shipped, and in earlier times also slaves .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population data 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ about places with the name "Epe", u. a. Epe in Nigeria, see: Christian H. Freitag: "Epe? - Epe? - Epe!", In: Bürgerbuch Gronau - Epe, 2000/01, p. 214ff