Burutu

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Burutu
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Burutu
Coordinates: 5°21′N5°31′E / 5.350°N 5.517°E / 5.350; 5.517 [1]
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Delta State
HeadquartersBurutu Town
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Burutu
British stamps used at the Royal Niger Company base at Burutu in the 1890s. British stamps used at the Royal Niger Company, Burutu 1890s.jpg
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, 30 kilometres (20 miles) upstream from the Bight of Benin. [2] 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.

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Burutu towns and villages

Burutu Local Governments comprises the following towns and villages: [3]

  1. Burutu-Forcados: Burutu, Forcados, Keremo2
  2. Iduwun: include the following neighbourhoods; Ofougbene, Odimodi, Osamayigben
  3. Ogulagha: include the following neighbourhoods; Benibayo, Ogulagha, Yobebe, Yokrisobo
  4. Obatebe: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadima, Okorogbene, Kalagfionene, Kenlogbene, Obotebe, Opuapale
  5. Ngbilebiri/Main: include the following neighbourhoods; Agbodobiri, Akparegmobini, Amasuomo, Biokorgha, Egodor, Egologbene, Gbekebor, Kiagbo, New Town, Ngbilebiri, Ogbeingbene, Ogbolugbiri, Okrika, Yayogbene, Zion-Oyagbene.
  6. Operemor: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadiama, Bolu-Ojobo, Bolou Ndoro, Egrangbene, Ekogbene, Ekumugbene, Ojobo, Rougbene.
  7. Seimibiri: has the following localities; Dunu-Ogusu, Edegbene, Nikorogha, Oboro, Ogbene, Okpokunon, Okuamo
  8. Toumo: Bolua-Tamigbe, Botu-Mangbebe, Bolu-Tebegbe, Douebido-zion, Founkoro-Gbene, Isreallo-zion, Ogbogbabene, Toru-Temigbe, Torugbene, Toubo Town.

Economic activities

In the first half of the twentieth century the town expanded as a result of activities of the Niger Company and later UAC which acquired the trading interest of the Niger Company and its assets at Burutu. [4] Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, the main port of the Niger Company was at Akassa but when the water channel that opens to the sea became silted, the company moved operations Westward to Burutu close to Forcados. Burutu then served as a port terminal for Niger Company and UAC, discharging goods from ships for onward water transport to river ports in Northern Nigeria and French territories through rivers Niger and Benue. [4]

The port of Burutu was owned by UAC [5] but was later acquired by Nigeria Port Authority. [6]

The Burutu Shipyard with 3 slipways built in the 1850's is now (2025) being revived by the local community chief with a group of investors involving the local marine polytechnic and commuters. This would give the entire Focados and Warri region a economical boost and would enhance local shiprepair and employment.The yard will be capable to handle ships up to 100 meter for now and will be expanded in the next phases with additional docking places up to 200 meter. The shipyard is easy accesible over water with a 30-40minutes boat ride from Warri port and from open sea and other local communities around the Focados waters.

Climate

Rarely does the region's year-round temperature fall below 64 °F or rise over 89 °F, with the warm and partly cloudy rainy season. [7] [8] [9] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Burutu, Delta, Nigeria - City, Town and Village of the world". en.db-city.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Burutu | Nigeria | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. ↑ places. "Towns & Villages in Burutu « Delta State « Nigeria". Towns & Villages. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. 1 2 Report (Report). Lagos: Commission of Enquiry into the Disturbances Which Occurred at Burutu on 21 June 1947. 1948. p. 1. OCLC   34553671.
  5. ↑ "An Ocean-going Vessel Alongside the Main Wharves of the United Africa Company's Private Port at Burutu, in Nigeria." Financial Times, 1 June 1954, p. 8. The Financial Times Historical Archive
  6. ↑ Buxton, James. "Cargocats Revitalise Burutu." Financial Times, 18 Feb. 1976, p. 4. The Financial Times Historical Archive
  7. ↑ "Burutu Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  8. ↑ "Simulated historical climate & weather data for Burutu". meteoblue. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  9. ↑ "Yearly & Monthly weather - Burutu, Nigeria". Weather Atlas. Retrieved 2023-09-15.


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