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18 super amazing facts about #Calabar - Nigeria's Paradise City. No.15 & 17 will wow you!! 😮

1. The city was originally "Akwa Akpa" but renamed "Calabar" by Spanish slavers, a name which has remained till date.

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2. Has 3 kingdoms & 3 monarchs:
- Efik: Ruled by Obong of Calabar
- Qua: Ruled by Ndidem of Calabar, &
- Efut: Ruled by Muri munene of Calabar.

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3. Main ethnic group taken out of Calabar as slaves to Europe & America in 19th & 20th centuries - #Igbo (over 1.4 million, including the great writer/abolitionist Olaudah Equiano & John Jea).

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4. Has the oldest secondary school in Eastern Nigeria (Hope Waddel Training Institude, established in 1895) which graduated Late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, first President of Nigeria.

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5. 1st administrative headquarters of Nigeria's Southern Protectorate (now Calabar Museum).

6. 1st Roman Catholic mass held in Nigeria (1903).

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7. 1st social club in Nigeria, "The African Club"

8. 1st competitive football, crickets & rugby in Nigeria.

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9. Headquarters of Nigeria's Eastern Naval Command located in Essien Town.

10. Nigeria's greenest city.

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11. Biggest street party in Africa, the #CalabarCarnival, a yearly December event attracting thousands around the world.

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12. One of Nigeria's cleanest cities.

13. Nigeria's No.1 tourism hotspot.

14. Nigeria's home of fun & pleasure.

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15. Calabar has Nigeria's first monorail. 😍

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16. Calabar:
-botanical garden
-Free Trade Zone/Port
-int'l airport & seaport
-integrated sports stadium complex
-cultural centre & landmarks
-one of the most prominent universities in Nigeria (UNICAL)
-slave history park!

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17. Some of the most beautiful & homely black women in the world 👯 who doubling as the best cooks you'd ever come across.

You'd taste excellent native delicacies like #EkpanKukwo #afang & traditional #barbecue & then finish up in the other room! 🤣

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18. Meaning of CALABAR acronym:

C - Come
A - And
L - Live
A - And
B - Be
A - At
R - Rest

You should visit this beautiful place & see for yourself!

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