Burutu

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LGA in Delta State, Nigeria

Burutu

LGA

Burutu

Coordinates: 5°21′N 5°31′E﻿ / ﻿5.350°N 5.517°E﻿ / 5.350; 5.517[1]
Country|  Nigeria
State| Delta State
Headquarters| Burutu Town
Time zone| UTC+1 (WAT)
British stamps used at the Royal Niger Company base at Burutu in the 1890s.

Burutu is a Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. It lies on the coast of the Niger Delta on two sides of the Forcados River, a channel of the River Niger, 30 kilometres (20 miles) upstream from the Bight of Benin.[2] It has served as a link between river transport and the sea when the Royal Niger Company established a base there in the late 19th century. People living in this region are mostly of the Izon ethnicity.

## Burutu towns and villages

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Burutu Local Governments comprises the following towns and villages:[3]

1. Burutu-Forcados: Burutu, Forcados, Keremo2
2. Iduwun: include the following neighbourhoods; Ofougbene, Odimodi, Osamayigben
3. Ogulagha: include the following neighbourhoods; Benibayo, Ogulagha, Yobebe, Yokrisobo
4. Obatebe: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadima, Okorogbene, Kalagfionene, Kenlogbene, Obotebe, Opuapale
5. Ngbilebiri/Main: include the following neighbourhoods; Agbodobiri, Akparegmobini, Amasuomo, Biokorgha, Egodor, Egologbene, Gbekebor, Kiagbo, New Town, Ngbilebiri, Ogbeingbene, Ogbolugbiri, Okrika, Yayogbene, Zion-Oyagbene.
6. Operemor: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadiama, Bolu-Ojobo, Bolou Ndoro, Egrangbene, Ekogbene, Ekumugbene, Ojobo, Rougbene.
7. Seimibiri: has the following localities; Dunu-Ogusu, Edegbene, Nikorogha, Oboro, Ogbene, Okpokunon, Okuamo
8. Toumo: Bolua-Tamigbe, Botu-Mangbebe, Bolu-Tebegbe, Douebido-zion, Founkoro-Gbene, Isreallo-zion, Ogbogbabene, Toru-Temigbe, Torugbene, Toubo Town.

### Economic activities

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In the first half of the twentieth century the town expanded as a result of activities of the Niger Company and later UAC which acquired the trading interest of the Niger Company and its assets at Burutu.[4] Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, the main port of the Niger Company was at Akassa but when the water channel that opens to the sea became silted, the company moved operations Westward to Burutu close to Forcados. Burutu then served as a port terminal for Niger Company and UAC, discharging goods from ships for onward water transport to river ports in Northern Nigeria and French territories through rivers Niger and Benue.[4]

The port of Burutu was owned by UAC[5] but was later acquired by Nigeria Port Authority.[6]

## Climate

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Rarely does the region's year-round temperature fall below 64 °F or rise over 89 °F, with the warm and partly cloudy rainy season.[7][8][9][1]

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burutu.

* http://cas.umkc.edu/GeoSciences/LCAM/NIGER_DELTA/PAGES/N_Burutu_FocusGroup.htm

## References

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1. ^ a b "Burutu, Delta, Nigeria - City, Town and Village of the world". en.db-city.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
2. ^ "Burutu | Nigeria | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
3. ^ places. "Towns & Villages in Burutu « Delta State « Nigeria". Towns & Villages. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
4. ^ a b Report (Report). Lagos: Commission of Enquiry into the Disturbances Which Occurred at Burutu on 21 June 1947. 1948. p. 1\. OCLC 34553671.
5. ^ "An Ocean-going Vessel Alongside the Main Wharves of the United Africa Company's Private Port at Burutu, in Nigeria." Financial Times, 1 June 1954, p. 8. The Financial Times Historical Archive
6. ^ Buxton, James. "Cargocats Revitalise Burutu." Financial Times, 18 Feb. 1976, p. 4. The Financial Times Historical Archive
7. ^ "Burutu Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
8. ^ "Simulated historical climate & weather data for Burutu". meteoblue. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
9. ^ "Yearly & Monthly weather - Burutu, Nigeria". Weather Atlas. Retrieved 2023-09-15.

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Delta State

State capital: Asaba

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* Aniocha North
* Aniocha South
* Bomadi
* Burutu
* Ethiope East
* Ethiope West
* Ika North East
* Ika South
* Isoko North
* Isoko South
* Ndokwa East
* Ndokwa West
* Okpe
* Oshimili North
* Oshimili South
* Patani
* Sapele
* Udu
* Ughelli North
* Ughelli South
* Ukwuani
* Uvwie
* Warri North
* Warri South
* Warri South West

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