Aniocha North

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Aniocha North
LGA
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Coordinates: 6°21′N6°29′E / 6.350°N 6.483°E / 6.350; 6.483
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
State Delta State
HeadquartersIssele-Uku
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
National language Igbo
Aniocha North

Aniocha North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, with its headquarters in Issele-Uku. [1] It comprises the subgroup of Anioma and towns. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) [2] permanent orientation camp for Delta state is located at Issele Ukwu town.

It has a land area of 406.00 km2 (40,600 hectares or 156.76 sq mi)[ citation needed ], with an alititude of 259 m (850 ft) above mean-sea level. Aniocha North Local Government Area experiences the Tropical savanna climate based on the Köppen's climate classification (Aw) [3] and has a population of 104,062 according to the 2006 census. [4]

The postal code of the area is 320. [5]

Cities, Towns and Communities

  1. Anioma
  2. Ezi
  3. Idumuje-Ugboko
  4. Idumuje-Unor
  5. Idumuogo
  6. Isa-Ogwashi
  7. Issele-Azagba
  8. Issele Uku, LGA headquarters
  9. Issele-Mkpitime.
  10. Obior
  11. Obomkpa
  12. Onicha Olona
  13. Onicha-Ugbo
  14. Onicha-Uku (old name is Onicha-Ukwu)
  15. Ubulubu
  16. Ugboba
  17. Ugbodu
  18. Ugodor
  19. Ukwu-Nzu (also known as Eko-Efun)

References

  1. "About Delta". DELTA STATE THE BIG HEART. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  2. "NYSC - Home". nysc.gov.ng. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  3. "Idumuje, Igboko, Aniocha North". Monday.org. 12 May 2025.
  4. "Nigeria: Administrative Division (States and Local Government Areas) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  5. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

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