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Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had an area of 328 km2 and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Okene
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Okene Mountain.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
A landscape view of Okene town, Kogi State Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_map
Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kogi
Settlement.subdivision_type2
LGA
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Okene
Settlement.leader_title
Local Government Chairman
Settlement.leader_name
Eneni Ahmed Nuhu
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
328
Settlement.population_as_of
2006 Census
Settlement.population_total
320,260
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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  • People
  • Education
  • History
  • Climate
  • References

Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had an area of 328 km2 and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census.

The predominant people in Okene are the Ebira of central Nigeria and the Ebira language is spoken.

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

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