Abbeokuta

Abbeokuta, or ABEOKUTA, a city, or rather collection of small towns or villages, capital of the territory of Egba, in the Yoruba country in Africa. It is about 80 miles N. of Lagos, on the Bight of Benin; and is situated 560 feet above the sea-level, on an undulating plain. The city is surrounded by a wall of hardened mud, from 18 to 20 miles in circumference, between 5 and 6 feet high. The main town Burton found to measure 4 miles by 2. The streets are narrow and irregular, and the only scavengers are the sun, the vulture, and the pig. There is a trade in palm-oil and grain, and the markets contain European goods. Pop. estimated at 150,000.