Uvwie Towns And Villages

Uvwie is one of Delta State’s 25 local government areas, set in the Urhobo-speaking core of the Warri metropolitan area in southern Nigeria. Effurun is its headquarters and the road gateway to Warri city and Osubi Airport. The area covers about 92 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 188,728 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 258,700, making Uvwie one of Delta’s most built-up councils. It holds ten wards: Effurun I and II, Enerhen I and II, Ugborikoko, Ugboroke, Ugbomro-Ugbolokposo, Army Barracks Area, and Ekpan I and II.

Key facts
StateDelta State
HeadquartersEffurun
Wards10
Population (2006 census)188,728
Population (2022 projection)258,700
Area92 square kilometres
Towns and villages listed19

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward records, the GRID3 settlement database, and the GeoNames gazetteer.

  1. Alaka
  2. Ebrumede
  3. Effurun
  4. Ekete
  5. Ekpan
  6. Enerhen
  7. Iterigbi
  8. Jakpa
  9. Oharhe
  10. Okomogwa
  11. Okoribi
  12. Okorikpehre
  13. Okuatata
  14. Okuirerho
  15. Okuokoko
  16. Ugbolokposo
  17. Ugbomro
  18. Ugborikoko
  19. Ugboroke