Owan East
Owan East | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Edo State |
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| • Total | 480 sq mi (1,240 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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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 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
[edit]This local government has different educational institutions such as kingdagating, nursery, primary, secondary both Private and public, and Edo state college of Education, Afuze campus as an higher higer learning with the school of physical and health education and special needs education as campus three.
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.
Postal codes
[edit]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)[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Oluwagbemi, Ayodele (2016-02-09). "Afuze: An Olympic Games Village for reptiles and rodents". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Ugbona | Nigeria Facts". nigeriafacts.net. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "About Owan East - Afemai People". 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "nigeriapostcodes.com/views/rural.php". Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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