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Also known as Abua/Odu

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

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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Contents
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  • Climate/Geography
  • References

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.

== Communities == Abada Abual Agada

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abua/Odual” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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