Issele Ukwu
Issele-uku is an ancestral city in Nigeria's Delta State and headquarters for the Local Government Area of Aniocha North. It is also the Episcopal See of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku. It has its own post office and is served by the nearby new Asaba International Airport.
Issele-Uku | |
|---|---|
  Issele-Uku Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 6°19′11.98″N 6°28′36.65″E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Delta State |
| Local Government Area | Aniocha North |
| Government | |
| • Obi | Agbogidi Obi Nduka (MNSE) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Postcode | 320110 |
History
The Issele-uku Association of North America has written a brief history of this area including an explanation of the origin of the name of the city.
References
Obi of Issele-uku confirms Issele-uku is Benin in an Interview with Punch
- Wikimapia.org map of Issele-Uku and the surrounding area
- Federal Government of Nigeria official website
- Office of the Governor of Delta State
- DeltaState.com
- U.S.A. Department of State page about Nigeria
- Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, DC
- True Face of Delta
- NigeriaWorld.com
- Asaba International Airport
External links
- Issele-Uku Association of North America
- Issele-Uku People's Forum for Development
- Nigerian Postal Service
- GeoNames information about the local towns
Igbo topics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History (chronological order) | |||||
| Subgroups | |||||
| Politics | |||||
| Geography (Igboland) |
| ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Culture | |||||
| Language |
| ||||
| Wikipedia | |||||
| |||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.