Issele Ukwu
Place in Delta State, Nigeria
6°19′11.98″N 6°28′36.65″E / 6.3199944°N 6.4768472°E / 6.3199944; 6.4768472320110
Issele-uku is an Anioma town in Nigeria's Delta State and headquarters for the Local Government Area of Aniocha North.[1] It is also the Episcopal See of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku. It has its own post office and is served by the nearby new Asaba International Airport.
History
Issee-Uku is Anioma town in present-day Delta State.[2] The Issele-uku Association of North America has written a brief history of this area including an explanation of the origin of the name of the city. Annabelle's village.
References
Obi of Issele-uku confirms Issele-uku is Benin in an Interview with Punch
- Wikimapia.org map of Issele-Uku and the surrounding area
- Federal Government of Nigeria official website
- Office of the Governor of Delta State Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- DeltaState.com
- U.S.A. Department of State page about Nigeria
- Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, DC
- True Face of Delta
- NigeriaWorld.com
- Asaba International Airport
External links
- [1][permanent dead link]
- Issele-Uku Association of North America
- Issele-Uku People's Forum for Development
- Nigerian Postal Service
- GeoNames information about the local towns
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