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edostate.gov.ng. Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of the federal republic of Nigeria. As of 2022, the state was ranked as the 22nd most populous state (4,777,000) in Nigeria. The estimated state population is around 4,777,000 in 2022. [4][5] Edo State is the 22nd largest State by landmass in ...
The South South (often hyphenated to South-South) is one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. It designates both a geographic and political region of the country's eastern coast. It comprises six states – Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers. The zone stretches along the Atlantic seaboard from the Bight of Benin coast ...
The city was the most important settlement of the Edo Kingdom of Benin, which flourished from the 13th to the 19th century. It held important trade relations with Portugal during its final centuries before being captured, sacked and burnt in 1897 by a British punitive expedition. Many bronze sculptures in Benin City palace, collectively termed ...
The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends over 70,000 km 2 (27,000 sq mi) and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass. Historically and cartographically, it consists of present-day Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers States. In 2000, however, Obasanjo's regime included Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River State, Edo, Imo and ...
Ososo. Ososo is a town situated in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, in Edo State, Nigeria. [1] With an average altitude of 1236 feet above sea level, it has a very temperate climate similar to that of Jos, Plateau State. The highest peak is a very large monolith often called the Oruku rock. [2]
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 ′ to 7 ...
Auchi. Auchi is a city in Edo State, Nigeria. [1] Auchi, [2] a part of Etsako West Local Government Area [3] of Edo State, serves as the Local Government headquarters. Other towns in the Etsako West local government area include: Uzairue, South Ibie, Agbede and The Anwain Clan. During the British colonial rule, Auchi was the headquarters of the ...
78,000. Time zone. UTC+1 (WAT) Postal code. 302110. Climate. Aw. 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]