Hidden Facts About Abeokuta

Do you know?

That Abẹ́òkúta is the only city in Africa with its name in more than two other countries

Some of them are:
1) Abẹ́òkúta in Ogun State, Nigeria, which is the main city and the place where the descendants of Ẹ̀gbá go out from and found other cities in other countries.

2) Abẹ́òkúta in Central River region of Gambia.

3) Abẹ́òkúta, a tourist town in Jamaica with beautiful waterfalls and spring water.

4) Abẹ́òkúta in Benin Republic.

All these places are founded by the Ẹ̀gbá people.

There’s no other city or town in Africa whose descendants went out and created a city in the name of their home.