U. J. Esuene Stadium
The U. J. Esuene Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Calabar, Nigeria. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Calabar Rovers and previously Dolphins F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 and was opened in 1977.Photo: Ei’eke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stadium
- Description: building in Nigeria
- Also known as: “UJ Esuene Stadium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Margaret Ekpo International Airport.
Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Margaret Ekpo International Airport, also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminists and anticolonial activists. Margaret Ekpo International Airport is situated 2½ km northeast of U. J. Esuene Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calabar.
Calabar
Photo: stone wu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calabar is the capital city of Cross River State in South South Nigeria. It is a charming and quite peaceful city. Attractions include the Slave Museum, Calabar Free Trade Zone, Tinapa Business and Tourist Resort, Cultural and Civic Centre, Calabar Port and university campuses.
U. J. Esuene Stadium
- Categories: recreation area, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Calabar Municipal, Cross River State, South South Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.96762° or 4° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
8.32681° or 8° 19′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6FPCX89G+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 617583331OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumWikidata ID
Q3888675
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“U. J. Esuene Stadium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ملعب يو جي إيسوين”
- Chinese: “埃蘇尼體育場”
- Dutch: “U. J. Esuenestadion”
- Esperanto: “Stadiono U. J. Esuene”
- Esperanto: “U. J. Esuene Stadiono”
- German: “U. J. Esuene Stadium”
- Polish: “U. J. Esuene Stadium”
- Spanish: “Estadio U. J. Esuene”
- Spanish: “U. J. Esuene Stadium”
- Swahili: “Uwanja wa michezo wa U. J. Esuene”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cross River State Library and Hope Waddell Basket Ball Court.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Central Bank of Nigeria, Calabar and Hilltop Lodges.
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