Warri North
Warri North | |
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Country | ![]() |
State | Delta State |
Headquarters | Koko |
Government | |
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | Hon. Smart Asekutu |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Warri North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Koko. It has an area of 1,841 km2 and a population of 137,300 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 332.[1]
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Warri North LGA has its headquarters at Koko, a cosmopolitan town that houses a sea port. Conspicuous in the town is the ancient house of Nana Olomu of Itsekiri. The LGA is predominantly riverine and is inhabited by the Itsekiri people. [2] The major occupations of the people are fishing, carving of canoes, net weaving, hunting, clothes dyeing, trading and farming. It is also the location of a lovely tourist attraction, the floating market at Ogheye. The Local government is richly blessed with Crude oil and houses the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Chevron amongst others.[3]
References
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ https://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/nigeria.htm [bare URL]
- ^ "Warri-north-local-government | local-government | delta-articles | delta". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
See also
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