Twon-Brass
Sign in to saveTwon-Brass, previously known simply as Brass or Brasstown, is a Nembe speaking community on Brass Island in the Nun River estuary of Southern Bayelsa State, Nigeria, in the Brass Local Government Area. Twon Brass was found in the year, 1895 The traditional ruler is King Alfred Diete-Spiff, Amanayabo of Twon-Brass, Assisted By Indutimi Matthew The town is on the east shore of the Brass River, one of the branches of the Nun River, which in turn is a branch of the Niger River.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Brass
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- +184127
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Brass
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Twon-Brass, previously known simply as Brass or Brasstown, is a Nembe speaking community on Brass Island in the Nun River estuary of Southern Bayelsa State, Nigeria, in the Brass Local Government Area. Twon Brass was found in the year, 1895 The traditional ruler is King Alfred Diete-Spiff, Amanayabo of Twon-Brass, Assisted By Indutimi Matthew The town is on the east shore of the Brass River, one of the branches of the Nun River, which in turn is a branch of the Niger River.
Brass began as a mining village of the Nembe people. In the early 19th-century it was an important location in the slave trade.