Patigi Beach or Pategi Beach is a beach and tourist destination that is located along the

River Niger The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, ...

Pategi Pategi or Patigi is a town and Local government in Kwara State, Nigeria with the headquarters located at the town. The town is the headquarters of Pategi Emirate. It is inhabited by the Nupe people who also exhibit a linguistic repertoire of the ...

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

, in the middle belt of

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Nigeria where the annual

Pategi Regatta Festival The Patigi Regatta Fest founded in 1949 but first took place in 1952. It is a Pategi Emirate boating event in Nigeria featuring the boating races, fishing and swimming. History The fest is host at terrain of Niger River in Patigi Beach which w ...

and an assortment of fishing-related activities take place. It

History

Vacationers have visited the beach since the Patigi Emirate was established.

Tourism

Located along the Niger River, Patigi Beach is not a typical sandy beach; instead, its beauty lies in its rugged terrain. The beach is popular with fishing enthusiasts and fishermen. Many species of fish are found in the river, including whiting, flathead, and

bream Bream ( ) are species of freshwater and marine fish belonging to a variety of genera including ''Abramis'' (e.g., ''A. brama'', the common bream), ''Acanthopagrus'', '' Argyrops'', ''Blicca'', '' Brama'', ''Chilotilapia'', '' Etelis'', ''Lepo ...

. The

boating event takes place annually and a pavilion complex has been constructed with facilities for visitors to enjoy the celebration.

Climate

The weather typically consists of the rainy season, the dry season, and the

Harmattan The Harmattan is a season in West Africa that occurs between the end of November and the middle of March. It is characterized by the dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind, of the same name, which blows from the Sahara over West Africa into the ...

– the interlude between the two – which is characterised by dry winds. During Harmattan, temperatures can drop as low as .

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