Warri North

LGA in Delta State, Nigeria

Warri North

LGA

Country|  Nigeria
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)

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]

The British Map of Eastern Nigeria, 1958

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

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1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. ^ "Nigeria - Brief History". www.britishempire.co.uk.
3. ^ "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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* Warri

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Delta State

State capital: Asaba

Local government areas|

* 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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