Uvwie
Urban Area in Delta State, Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uvwie (/hu-we-ɛ/), is a principal Urban Local Government Area in Delta State. It lies along the Warri River and it is one of the twenty-four Urhobo Kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater part of Warri metropolitan area[3]
Uvwie
Ẹphrọn Effurun | |
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Nickname(s): Effa, Waff, Waffi, Waff town | |
Coordinates: 5°33′0″N 5°46′0″E | |
Country | Nigeria |
State | Delta State |
Conurbation | Warri |
Headquarters | Effurun |
Government | |
• Type | Local Government Chairman |
• Chairman | Ramson Onoyake [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 35.68 sq mi (92.41 km2) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 258,700 |
• Density | 7,250.6/sq mi (2,799.48/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
The term Uvwie primarily refers to the indigenous people of the geographic region, Uvwie also doubles as the name of the language and the Kingdom of Uvwie.[4]
More recently, Effurun which is the traditional and political headquarters of Uvwie Kingdom/Local Government Area is now used to refer to the city herself which is a twin city to the city of Warri[5]
The metropolitan area is known nationwide for its unique form of Pidgin, the Warri Pidgin[6]