LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AREAS (LGA) AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN DELTA STATE ARE:
- Aniocha North …. Issele-Uku
- Aniocha South …. Ogwashi-Uku
- Bomadi …. Bomadi
- Burutu …. Burutu
- Ethiope East …. Isiokolo
- Ethiope West …. Oghara
- Ika North East …. Owa Oyibu
- Ika South …. Agbor
- Isoko North …. Ozoro
- Isoko South …. Oleh
- Ndokwa East …. Aboh
- Ndokwa West …. Kwale
- Oshimili North …. Akwukwu-Igbo
- Oshimili South …. Asaba
- Okpe …. Orerokpe
- Patani …. Patani
- Sapele …. Sapele
- Udu …. Otor-Udu
- Ughelli North …. Ughelli
- Ughelli South …. Otujeremi
- Ukwuani …. Obiaruku
- Uvwie …. Effurun
- Warri North …. Koko
- Warri South …. Warri
- Warri South West …. Ogbe-Ijoh
SN | LGA | Headquarters |
1 | Aniocha North | Issele-Uku |
2 | Aniocha South | Ogwashi-Uku |
3 | Bomadi | Bomadi |
4 | Burutu | Burutu |
5 | Ethiope East | Isiokolo |
6 | Ethiope West | Oghara |
7 | Ika North East | Owa Oyibu |
8 | Ika South | Agbor |
9 | Isoko North | Ozoro |
10 | Isoko South | Oleh |
11 | Ndokwa East | Aboh |
12 | Ndokwa West | Kwale |
13 | Oshimili North | Akwukwu-Igbo |
14 | Oshimili South | Asaba |
15 | Okpe | Orerokpe |
16 | Patani | Patani |
17 | Sapele | Sapele |
18 | Udu | Otor-Udu |
19 | Ughelli North | Ughelli |
20 | Ughelli South | Otujeremi |
21 | Ukwuani | Obiaruku |
22 | Uvwie | Effurun |
23 | Warri North | Koko |
24 | Warri South | Warri |
25 | Warri South West | Ogbe-Ijoh |
Delta
Delta is an oil rich state located in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
Name: Delta State of Nigeria
Founded: 27Aug, 1991
Administrative capital: Asaba
Commercial capital: Warri
The state is largely a peaceful and beautiful place known for: Oil wealth, two prominent cities of Warri and Asaba and for notoriety in cybercrimes and ritual killings.
Some of the young men can be very notorious daring to have a showdown even with law enforcement officers.
Delta has many ethnic groups. Top on the list are Ijaw and Igbo
Besides oil, Delta State is an agricultural producing state with large harvests of cassava and other crops.
It is situated in the region known as the South-South geo-political zone with a population of over 7 million persons.
The capital of Delta State is Asaba, located at the northern end of the state, with an estimated area of 762 square kilometres (294 sq mi).
Warri is the economic nerve center of the state and also the most populated. It is located in the southern end of the state.
Delta state has a total land area of 16,842 square kilometres (6,503 sq mi).
There are various solid mineral deposits within the state – industrial clay, silica, lignite, kaolin, tar sand, decorative rocks, limestone, etc.
These are raw materials for industries such as brick making, ceramics, bottle manufacturing, glass manufacturing, chemical/insulators production, chalk manufacturing and sanitary wares, decorative stone cutting and quarrying. But these minerals are under-utilized.
Delta state also has huge deposits of crude oil and is also one of the largest producers of petroleum products in Nigeria. Sales of petroleum products is what majorly drives its economy.