Burutu
Sign in to savethumbnail|right|British stamps used at the Royal Niger Company base at Burutu in the 1890s. Burutu is a Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. It lies on the coast of the Niger Delta on two sides of the Forcados River, a channel of the River Niger, upstream from the Bight of Benin. It has served as a link between river transport and the sea when the Royal Niger Company established a base there in the late 19th century. People living in this region are mostly of the Izon ethnicity. This LGA also has its headquarters located in Burutu town. As at the 2006 census, Burutu has a total popul
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- Burutu towns and villages
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thumbnail|right|British stamps used at the Royal Niger Company base at Burutu in the 1890s. Burutu is a Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. It lies on the coast of the Niger Delta on two sides of the Forcados River, a channel of the River Niger, upstream from the Bight of Benin. It has served as a link between river transport and the sea when the Royal Niger Company established a base there in the late 19th century. People living in this region are mostly of the Izon ethnicity. This LGA also has its headquarters located in Burutu town. As at the 2006 census, Burutu has a total population of 207,977 people.
==Burutu towns and villages == Burutu Local Governments comprises the following towns and villages: Burutu-Forcados: Burutu, Forcados, Keremo2 Iduwun: include the following neighbourhoods; Ofougbene, Odimodi, Osamayigben Ogulagha: include the following neighbourhoods; Benibayo, Ogulagha, Yobebe, Yokrisobo Obatebe: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadima, Okorogbene, Kalagfionene, Kenlogbene, Obotebe, Opuapale Ngbilebiri/Main: include the following neighbourhoods; Agbodobiri, Akparegmobini, Amasuomo, Biokorgha, Egodor, Egologbene, Gbekebor, Kiagbo, New Town, Ngbilebiri, Ogbeingbene, Ogbolugbiri, Okrika, Yayogbene, Zion-Oyagbene. Operemor: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadiama, Bolu-Ojobo, Bolou Ndoro, Egrangbene, Ekogbene, Ekumugbene, Ojobo, Rougbene. Seimibiri: has the following localities; Dunu-Ogusu, Edegbene, Nikorogha, Oboro, Ogbene, Okpokunon, Okuamo Toumo: Bolua-Tamigbe, Botu-Mangbebe, Bolu-Tebegbe, Douebido-zion, Founkoro-Gbene, Isreallo-zion, Ogbogbabene, Toru-Temigbe, Torugbene, Toubo Town.
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