Abua/Odual
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Abua–Odual (also spelled as Abua/Odual) is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in Ayama/Abua Central Abua. The people of Abua are of Ijaw ancestry,. Abua is an ethnicity under the ijaw nation. It has an area of 704 km and a population of 282,988 at the 2006 census. Abua consists of Otapha, Okpeden, Ogbo Abuan, and Emughan. Each has its ruler and a minimum of seven villages under it. Late Chief John Mark Miwori was a Justice of Peace in Emesu in 2007. The postal code of the area is 510102.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Abua–Odual
- Settlement.other_name
- ABOLGA
- Settlement.nickname
- Awe Abuan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.motto
- Land of Unity
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rivers State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Headquarters
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Abua
- Settlement.leader_title
- Od'Abuan
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Local Government Chairman
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Rivers State
- Population
- 134420
- Area
- 704
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- inception
- 1991-01-01
- Commons category
- Port Harcourt
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Communities
- Climate/Geography
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Abua–Odual (also spelled as Abua/Odual) is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in Ayama/Abua Central Abua. The people of Abua are of Ijaw ancestry,. Abua is an ethnicity under the ijaw nation. It has an area of 704 km and a population of 282,988 at the 2006 census. Abua consists of Otapha, Okpeden, Ogbo Abuan, and Emughan. Each has its ruler and a minimum of seven villages under it. Late Chief John Mark Miwori was a Justice of Peace in Emesu in 2007. The postal code of the area is 510102.
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