Jebba
| Jebba | |||
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 8 ' N , 4 ° 49' E | ||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||
| Kwara | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NG-KW | ||
| Residents | 22,411 (2007) | ||
Jebba is a city on the banks of the Niger River , located in the state of Kwara in the western part of Nigeria on the Highway A1 , which connects the city with the north and south of Nigeria.
history
The first indications of the settlement, which was on the island in the Niger River, go back to the early 13th century, when the Yoruba ethnic group settled there. The origins of the settlers are very likely to be in ancient Egypt, from where their ancestors moved to the southwest and eventually settled in what is now part of Nigeria. The Nupe people also settled in Jebba in the 16th century . The famous Jebba bronze figures come from this time. Siegfried Frederick Nadel (1903-1956) described in 1946 in his book The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria the settlement by the people of the Nupe.
The current city of Jebba is divided into a north and a south part and the island of Jebba . Jebba Island in the Niger River is still a traditional Nupe settlement. In 2007 the city had 22,411 inhabitants.
economy
In addition to the pharmaceutical , textile and paper industries and the Jebba hydropower plant , agriculture , fishing and handicrafts are the main industries and the main sources of income for the city. The 1910 railway line with the bridge over the Niger contributed to the economic boom of the city. The railway line from Jebba to the coastal city of Lagos with around 488 km is still in operation today. The track system was renewed in 2010.
The Jebba Paper Mills Ltd was formerly the largest work Submitters of the city and the largest paper mill in West Africa. It was closed due to mismanagement and a lack of investment. In 2009, an Indian company took over the factory and the brand name and started production there again. The Indian company Manaksia Ltd has a further 15 production facilities in India, two in Nigeria and one in Ghana. However, the headquarters of what is now Jebba Paper Mills Ltd is in Lagos.
Worth seeing
- Mungo Park Memorial : Memorial to Mungo Park (1771–1806), British traveler to Africa and author, who died on his second trip to Niger in 1806. The monument is located at the Jebba City Railway Station.
- Jebba railway bridge over the Niger River, built in 1910 with a total length of 547 meters.
literature
- Siegfried Frederick Nadel: A Black Byzantium. The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria. Oxford University Press, London 1946, OCLC 414089 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jebba Town ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on global. britica.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Jebba bronze figures ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on arthistory.wisc.edu, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Lagos-Jebba railway line on railwaysafrica.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Image of the Jebba railway bridge ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on nanngronline.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Manaksia Ltd on manaksia.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Jebba Paper Mills Ltd (PDF; 38 kB) on manaksia.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Jebba Bridge with postage stamp on 100nigerianstamps.wordpress.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
