Owan East

Owan East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The headquarters is in the town of Afuze.^[1] The Owan East Local Government Area comprises 69 towns/villages, made up of eight clans (Emai, Igue, Ake-Ievbu, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ive-Ada-Obi, Otuo and Uokha).^[2]

Owan East
LGA
Interactive map of Owan East
Country	Nigeria
State	Edo State
Area
• Total	480 sq mi (1,240 km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Owan-East is bordered in the north by Akoko-Edo LGA, in the east by Etsako-West LGA, at the west is Ondo State, and at the southwest by Owan-West LGA, while in the South are Esan Central LGA and Uhunmwonde LGA.^[3]

Education

The local government is host to various educational institutions such as Federal University of Sports, Afuze; Edo State College of Education, Afuze campus. The Afuze campus consists of School of Physical and Health Education, and Special Needs Education as campus three.^[4]

It has an area of 1,240 km² and a population of 154,385 persons (81,847 males and 72,538 females) at the 2006 census.

Climate Condition

Owan East experiences both wet and dry seasons in its tropical environment, which is hot and muggy. Thunderstorms are predicted for today, coupled with high humidity and daytime temperatures of approximately (85°F) and nighttime lows of (73°F) .^[5]

Postal codes

The postal code of the area is 313. (Emai: 313101, Ihievbe: 313102, Ive-Ada-Obi: 313103, Uokha: 313104, Ivbi-Mion: 313105, Igue: 313106, Otuo: 313107, and Ikao: 313108)^[6][7]