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Warri

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Place details

Locality: Warri South
Region: Delta
Country: Nigeria
Population: 910,000
Timezone: Africa/Lagos

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Warri Port
Settlement.nicknames: Waffi, Waff, Waff Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Local Government Area
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Delta State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Warri South LGA
Settlement.leader_title

Wikidata facts

Instance of: local government area of Nigeria
Country: Nigeria
Located in: Delta State
Population: +311970
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Official website: deltastate.gov.ng
Image: Warri.jpg

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Article

26 sections

Contents

History
Etymology
British Advent pre-Warri
Creation of Warri
Warri Land Ownership Disputes
Urhobo Claims
Ijaw Claims
Demographics
Climate
Economy and infrastructure
Security
Sports
Manufacturing and raw materials
Transport
Rail
Road
Air
Sea
Educational institutions
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Religion
Tourism
Notable people
See also
References

The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri, Udu, Okpe and Uvwie are the commercial capital of Delta State with a population of over 311,970 people in 2006. The city is the indigenous territory of Itsekiri, Urhobo and Ijaw people.

Warri shares boundaries with Uvwie to the east, Udu to the south east, Ogbe-ijoh to the south, and other communities in Warri South LGA to the west. Due to its rapid population growth and linked roads, the city and its border towns, e.g. Uvwie, Udu merged into a conurbation collectively referred as "Warri".