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Edo State is a diverse state that is predominantly inhabited by the Edoid people, including the Edo (or Bini), [16] Esan, Ora, Akoko-Edo, Owan and Afemai people among others. [17] The most common Edoid language spoken is the Edo language, which is commonly spoken in Benin City. [18] Christianity is the dominant religion in Edo State. [11]
Southeastern Bayelsa State and Southwestern Rivers State: 93.24 km 2 (36.00 sq mi) Mbe Mountains Community Forest: Northern Cross River State: 86 km 2 (33 sq mi) Ohosu Game Reserve: Southern Edo State: 471 km 2 (182 sq mi) Okomu Forest Reserve: Southern Edo State: 1,082 km 2 (418 sq mi) Okomu National Park: Southern Edo State: 200 km 2 (77 sq mi)
List of rivers located in Edo State, Nigeria.
In addition, many of these outcrops were in close proximity to the sea, which permitted ease of transport of the heavy stones to Edo. Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the various daimyō the task of rebuilding Edo Castle as the headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, with work continuing under his successors. Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa ...
Ovia North-East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. [1] Its headquarters are in the town of Okada. [2] [3] The local government area is one of the two in Edo state named after the Ovia or Osse river which passes through its territory, the other being Ovia South-West. It had an area of 2,301 km 2 and a population of 153,849 at the ...
The ancient Akoko-Edo area is situated in the northern part of Edo State in the south of the Niger-Benue confluence. Its dominant geographical and environmental features are chains of ancient ridges of rugged rocky hills and a cave, stretching across the length and breadth of what is now known as the Akoko-Edo LGA of the present northern Edo State, located between latitudes 6° 45 ′ and 7 ...
The geology of Benin in West Africa includes the north-northeast trending Proterozoic Dahomeyide orogen in the north and a range of Cretaceous to Holocene sedimentary rocks in the south, separated very closely by the 7th latitude. [1]: 42 Neogene alluvial deposits extend across Benin’s northeastern border with Niger. In the Togo and Benin ...
Okada is a town located in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. [2] Situated in the southern part of the state, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ovia North-East Local Government Area. [3] [4]