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About Ubiaja
Ubiaja is a community in the Esan South-East Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State, Nigeria. It is at an altitude of 221 m. Most of the people belong to the Esan tribe, one of the major town that make up Esanland.
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History
The date of Ubiaja's founding is not known, but the kingdom of which it was the capital was founded in 1463 by immigrants from the Benin Empire. The town is said to have been founded by a man called Edeikholor, treasurer of the Bini empire during the reign of Ewuare the Great. The name may be a variant of "Obiaza", meaning treasurer, or may come from "Obize", a type of fish that helped Edeikholor cross a stream, a fish which the people of Ubiaja still abstain from eating. Sheffield United star Ehije Ukaki was born and raised in Ubiaja.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Asaba International Airport (ABB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 59 km away.
- Uromi 8 km northwest, about 8 min by car
- Illushi 27 km east, about 27 min by car
- Ekpoma 29 km west, about 29 min by car
- Umunede 44 km south, about 44 min by car
- Auchi 48 km north, about 48 min by car
- Agbor 49 km southwest, about 49 min by car
- Ogwashi-Uku 55 km south, about 55 min by car
- Asaba 64 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Idah 64 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Onitsha 72 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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