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Population59,618
GeoNames
RegionEdo State
Elevation364 m
1,194 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Lagos
Nearest airportBenin Airport (BNI)
76 km
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About Ekpoma
Ekpoma is a town in Edo State, Nigeria. It is the administrative headquarters of the Esan West Local Government Area. Ekpoma lies on the geographical coordinate of latitude 6°45′N 6°08′E.
From the Wikipedia article Ekpoma (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Benin Airport (BNI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 76 km away.
- Uromi 22 km east, about 22 min by car
- Ubiaja 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Auchi 39 km north, about 39 min by car
- Ifon 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
- Agbor 55 km south, about 55 min by car
- Illushi 55 km east, about 55 min by car
- Umunede 56 km south, about 56 min by car
- Igarra 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- Benin City 73 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Owo 79 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Ekpoma Secretariat, Omorodion1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaizenify uploading images during the Photowalk at Edo, Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaizenify uploading images during the Photowalk at Edo 9 54 19 557000 PM, Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaizenify and Omorodion1 during the upload session of the photowalk at Edo 9 51 22 334000 PM, Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaizenify uploading images during the Photowalk at Edo 9 55 06 339000 PM, Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0
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