Warri North
Warri North | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| State | Delta State |
| Headquarters | Koko |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | Hon. Festus Ashima |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Warri North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Koko.[1] It has an area of 1,841 km2 and a population of 136,149 at the 2006 census.[2] The postal code of the area is 332.[3]
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. [4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ "About Delta". DELTA STATE THE BIG HEART. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Nigeria: Administrative Division (States and Local Government Areas) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Nigeria - Brief History". www.britishempire.co.uk.
- ^ "Warri-north-local-government | local-government | delta-articles | delta". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
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