Burutu

About Burutu

Burutu is a town and 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. 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. As at the 2006 census, Burutu has a total population of 207,977 people.

Burutu Local Governments comprises the following towns and villages:

Burutu-Forcados: Burutu, Forcados, Keremo2

Iduwun: include the following neighbourhoods; Ofougbene, Odimodi, Osamayigben

Ogulagha: include the following neighbourhoods; Benibayo, Ogulagha, Yobebe, Yokrisobo

Obatebe: include the following neighbourhoods; Abadima, Okorogbene, Kalagfionene, Kenlogbene, Obotebe, Opuapale

Ngbilebiri/Main: include the following neighbourhoods; Agbodobiri, Akparegmobini, Amasuomo, Biokorgha, Egodor, Egologbene, Gbekebor, Kiagbo, New Town, Ngbilebiri, Ogbeingbene, Ogbolugbiri, Okrika, Yayogbene, Zion-Oyagbene.

Operemor: include the following neighbourhoods...

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