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Forçados is a small town in Burutu LGA of Delta State, Nigeria. It is most noted for the Forcados River, which is a major navigable channel of the Niger Delta. The river starts about 20 miles (32 km) downstream from Aboh and flows through zones of freshwater swamps, swamps, and coastal sand ridges before completing its 198-kilometre (123 mi) course to the Bight of Benin.

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  • El port de Forcados és una població de Nigèria, a l'estat del Delta, situat prop de la costa en la sortida a la mar del riu Forcados. En els anys primers del segle xx, Forçados, un port situat a la desembocadura del riu en una illa de les que forma el delta, era destinació per vapors d'Anglaterra fins al punt del riu amunt en què no es podia seguir, però la progressiva acumulació de llim va fer impossible utilitzar-lo i es va tancar el 1939. El 1961 els vaixells de fins a 7 metres van poder a començar l'entrada del , uns quilòmetres al nord, eixamplada encara en els anys immediats següents. A la rodalia de a 8 km a l'est de Forcados, es va descobrir petroli el 1964 i el 1965 el port de Forcados, que no s'utilitzava més que per pesca, fou recuperat i el petroli fou exportat per un punt de càrrega en la mar després de 1965 i el 1971 s'hi van establir uns grans depòsits terminals de petroli connectats per un oleoducte als camps petrolífers. (ca)
  • Forçados is a small town in Burutu LGA of Delta State, Nigeria. It is most noted for the Forcados River, which is a major navigable channel of the Niger Delta. The river starts about 20 miles (32 km) downstream from Aboh and flows through zones of freshwater swamps, swamps, and coastal sand ridges before completing its 198-kilometre (123 mi) course to the Bight of Benin. History reveals that Forçados and neighbouring Burutu played a significant role in slave trade era. The Portuguese built a slave dungeon in 1475, where slaves were kept before being exported to Europe and America. The Forçados slave wharf is one of the longest in Africa; it was built by the Portuguese in 1472, and renovated by Royal Niger Company in 1886 when they took over the town. The Royal Niger Company built a prison in 1887 and it was the first in West Africa. The famous Forçados sea wall was built in 1616, also by the Portuguese, to protect their houses from flooding. The Portuguese also built a windmill in 1472. The abandoned Burutu sea port was built by the Royal Niger Company in 1887; it was the first modern sea port in Africa. The Forçados Infectious Diseases General Hospital, built in 1890, was the first in Nigeria and West Africa. Newly trained medical personnel from abroad began their first medical work in Forçados. The hospital still functions partially, renovated by Delta State government. All the structures discussed are just a few of those built by the Portuguese and the British, who settled in Forçados and Burutu to do business. The structures discussed above and many more are still visible, but are fast decaying due to lack of maintenance by the government. Forçados was the administrative headquarters that hosted the Portuguese, and played a vital role in the colonial era in Nigeria. The community today has a total human population of approximately 2000 inhabitants, predominantly Ijaws, with fishing as their main source of livelihood. (en)
  • Forçados (Portugees voor gedwongen of hard werk) is een kleine stad in LGA van Deltastaat, Nigeria. De huidige gemeenschap telt ongeveer 2000 inwoners, voornamelijk Ijo, met de visserij als voornaamste bron van inkomsten. Het is vooral bekend wegens de rivier Forcados, een belangrijk bevaarbaar kanaal in de Nigerdelta en wegens de slavenhandel. (nl)
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  • Forçados (Portugees voor gedwongen of hard werk) is een kleine stad in LGA van Deltastaat, Nigeria. De huidige gemeenschap telt ongeveer 2000 inwoners, voornamelijk Ijo, met de visserij als voornaamste bron van inkomsten. Het is vooral bekend wegens de rivier Forcados, een belangrijk bevaarbaar kanaal in de Nigerdelta en wegens de slavenhandel. (nl)
  • El port de Forcados és una població de Nigèria, a l'estat del Delta, situat prop de la costa en la sortida a la mar del riu Forcados. En els anys primers del segle xx, Forçados, un port situat a la desembocadura del riu en una illa de les que forma el delta, era destinació per vapors d'Anglaterra fins al punt del riu amunt en què no es podia seguir, però la progressiva acumulació de llim va fer impossible utilitzar-lo i es va tancar el 1939. El 1961 els vaixells de fins a 7 metres van poder a començar l'entrada del , uns quilòmetres al nord, eixamplada encara en els anys immediats següents. A la rodalia de a 8 km a l'est de Forcados, es va descobrir petroli el 1964 i el 1965 el port de Forcados, que no s'utilitzava més que per pesca, fou recuperat i el petroli fou exportat per un punt de (ca)
  • Forçados is a small town in Burutu LGA of Delta State, Nigeria. It is most noted for the Forcados River, which is a major navigable channel of the Niger Delta. The river starts about 20 miles (32 km) downstream from Aboh and flows through zones of freshwater swamps, swamps, and coastal sand ridges before completing its 198-kilometre (123 mi) course to the Bight of Benin. (en)
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  • Forcados (ca)
  • Forçados (en)
  • Forçados (nl)
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