{"id":2390,"date":"2023-09-25T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2024-10-07T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:42:19","slug":"a-natural-curiosity-mpape-crushed-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/a-natural-curiosity-mpape-crushed-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"A Natural Curiosity: Mpape Crushed Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Natural Curiosity: Mpape Crushed Rock\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abuja is graced with some of the most beautiful captivating, albeit scenic\u00a0 fun spots, naturally designed to draw you in. From the captivating landscape of the famous Zuma rock\u00a0 to the alluring natural gardens of the millennium park<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these spots play host to thousands of visitors annually at this time of the year.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\u00a0 Savanna paradise which plays home to the Mpape <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crushed Rock<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an abandoned\u00a0rare quarry site <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a beautiful water settlement at the base of the rock. While wondrous beaches and waterfronts exist all over Nigeria, few can compare to this unique <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quarry site which was opened in 1977<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fter the decision to relocate the capital of Nigeria to Abuja from Lagos<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the 1980s the quarry provided much of the stone for the construction of the new city. Located in the Mpape suburban area of the FCT (which means &#8220;rock&#8221; in the native Gwari language).\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But perhaps no place personifies this destination better than Mpape lake. With its astonishing rocky formation, its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paths lead to a high-level grassy plateau and granite cliffs which makes it an attractive hiking location. Visitors enjoy relaxing on the edge of the quarry lake which has become popular for picnics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he place can easily be mistaken for paradise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Natural Curiosity: Mpape Crushed Rock\u00a0 Abuja is graced with some of the most beautiful captivating, albeit scenic\u00a0 fun spots, naturally designed to draw you in. From the captivating landscape of the famous Zuma rock\u00a0 to the alluring natural gardens of the millennium park, these spots play host to thousands of visitors annually at this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,296,226,227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8th-edition","category-destination","category-tourism","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16353,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions\/16353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}