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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. For the steamship, see SS Warri. City in Delta State, Nigeria Warri City Nickname(s): Waffi, Waff, Waff Town Warri Location in Nigeria Coordinates: 5°31′N 5°45′E / 5.517°N 5.750°E / 5.517; 5.750 Country Nigeria State Delta State Local Government Area Warri South LGA ...
Warri South is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the city of Warri. It has an important sea port in the country and is the commercial nerve centre of the state, With Dr. Tidi Michael as the current local government chairman. [3] It is home to the itsekiri and Urhobo people. [4]
Warri South West has an estimated land area of 1,722 km 2 (665 sq mi) and a population of 116,681 from the census of 2006 but this population has grown since then. [1] The British Map of Eastern Nigeria, 1958. The local government majorly constitutes the Itsekiri people, and a minority group, the Ijaw people, who border it in the east. [2]
The Kingdom of Warri, Warri Kingdom or Iwere Kingdom, (Itsekiri: Oye Iwere) was established in 1480, was part of the Nigerian traditional states its ancestral capital is based in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria [1] with a palace erected in 1950s in the heart of the city of Warri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria.
Uvwie (/hu-we-ɛ/), is a principal urban Local government area in Delta State.It lies along the Warri River and it is one of the 24 Urhobo kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater part of Warri metropolitan area [3]
The Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited (WRPC) is situated in Warri, within Delta State, Nigeria, and began operations in 1978. This facility is a sophisticated conversion refinery , with a distillation capacity of 6,250,000 metric tons annually (equivalent to 125,000 barrels per day).
Ode-Itsekiri is a community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It is also called Itsekiri-Olu and Big Warri. It is the capital of the Itsekiri people and one of the first autonomous communities before the crowning of the Olu Ginuwa. It existed long before 1480, with exact data not known.
Effurun is a town and the headquarters of Uvwie Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria.It is an Urban center, densely populated with different infrastructural development. it borders its twin city Warri, also serves as an entrance to Warri.