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Also known as Delta State

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 24 Urhobo kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater part of Warri metropolitan area

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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 24 Urhobo kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater part of Warri metropolitan area

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uvwie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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