Atakpa

E942368

Atakpa is the traditional name for Duke Town, a historic Efik settlement that became a major coastal trading center in what is now Calabar, Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Atakpa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Efik settlement
historic settlement
traditional place name
associatedWith Efik chiefs
Efik chieftaincy system
Efik culture
Efik language
colonialName Duke Town
countryDuringColonialPeriod British Nigeria
culturalRegion Lower Cross River region
ethnicGroup Efik people
Efik people
hasAlternativeName Duke Town
Old Calabar (in some historical sources)
linked to: Old Calabar polity
hasPortFunctionHistorically yes
hasReligionHistorically Christianity
traditional Efik religion
hasTraditionalName Atakpa
historicalEra 19th century
precolonial period
historicalRole Atlantic trade hub
major coastal trading center
major coastal trading center
knownFor palm oil trade
slave trade (historical)
trade with European merchants
trade with European powers
languageSpokenCurrently Efik
English
languageSpokenHistorically Efik
locatedIn Calabar
Calabar
Cross River State
Cross River State
Niger Delta region
linked to: Niger Delta

Nigeria
Nigeria
locatedNear Calabar River
locatedOn coast of the Bight of Biafra
partOf Calabar metropolis
linked to: Calabar Metropolis

Old Calabar
Old Calabar
region southeastern Nigeria
traditionalNameOf Duke Town

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke Town alsoKnownAs Atakpa
Duke Town hasTraditionalName Atakpa
subject linked to: Atakpa