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First Christian Missionary Cemetery in Nigeria

Lagos State, Nigeria

The First Christian Missionary Cemetery in Nigeria, also known as the Early Christian Missionary Cemetery in Badagry, is a graveyard where 19th- and 20th-century European Christian Missionaries who died in Badagry town and its environs were buried. The burial site in located along the town's General Hospital Road. It's Plus Code coordinates on Google Maps are CV7Q+CPR, 103101, Badagry, Nigeria. Some records say that over 200 missionaries were buried here. An obelisk was erected in memory of the dead missionaries. Today, the cemetery is one of the historical sites that attract tourists into Badagry town.

Cemetery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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