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Ekpoma is a town in Edo State, Nigeria. It is the administrative headquarters of the Esan West Local Government Area. Ekpoma lies on the geographical coordinate of latitude . The town has an official Post Office, and it is home to the Ambrose Alli University. Currently Ekpoma town is developing with major infrastructures, hospitals, schools, modern eateries and roads. The town is also secured.

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Place details

Locality
Ekpoma
Region
Edo
Country
Nigeria
Population
59,618
Timezone
Africa/Lagos

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Ekpoma
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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Ekpoma.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Edo
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.area_code
055
Settlement.blank_name
Climate
Settlement.blank_info
Aw

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Nigeria
Located in
Edo State
Official language
English language
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Legislature
Esan West
Image
Ekpoma Secretariat.jpg
Dialing code
055
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postal code
310101
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ekpoma is a town in Edo State, Nigeria. It is the administrative headquarters of the Esan West Local Government Area. Ekpoma lies on the geographical coordinate of latitude . The town has an official Post Office, and it is home to the Ambrose Alli University. Currently Ekpoma town is developing with major infrastructures, hospitals, schools, modern eateries and roads. The town is also secured.

== Population == It has a population of over 290,000 people. It has an adult male population of over 90,000 and adult female population of over 80,000. It is politically divided into 10 wards and occupies a land mass of . Ekpoma along with Uromi are the prime towns of the Esan people. It has become a congregating center for years, the Esan people from other towns have consistently taken residence in Ekpoma and Uromi. Ambrose Alli University is located in Ekpoma.

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

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