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