Owan East

Owan East
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Edo State
Area
• Total	480 sq mi (1,240 km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

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

The local government is host to various educational institutions such as Federal University of Sports, Afuze; Edo State College of Education, Afuze campus. The Afuze campus consists of School of Physical and Health Education, and Special Needs Education as campus three. ^[4]

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

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) ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Oluwagbemi, Ayodele (2016-02-09). "Afuze: An Olympic Games Village for reptiles and rodents". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
2. "Ugbona | Nigeria Facts". nigeriafacts.net. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
3. "About Owan East - Afemai People". 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
4. Anyanwu, Samuel (2025-02-13). "Governor Okpebholo Commends President Tinubu for Establishing Federal University of Sports in Afuze". Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
5. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
6. "nigeriapostcodes.com/views/rural.php" . Retrieved 2012-03-02.