Yenegoa Towns And Villages

Yenegoa is a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State and the seat of the state government. It sits at 4°55′29″N 6°15′51″E, in the Niger Delta. The 2006 census counted 352,285 residents; a 2022 projection put the figure near 524,400, across roughly 706 square kilometres.

The LGA covers six Ijaw clans: Epie-Atissa, home to Yenagoa city itself, plus Gbarain, Ekpetiama, Biseni, Zarama and Okordia. Swali Market, in the city centre, is one of the busiest markets in Bayelsa State. Igbogene holds the state secretariat; Opolo and Kpansia are established residential districts. Hon. Bulodisiye Ndiwari chairs the local government council.

The list below was checked against 2015 INEC records, the Yenagoa council’s own community list, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap and GRID3 settlement data.

  1. Agbia
  2. Agbobiri
  3. Agbura
  4. Agudama Ekpetiama
  5. Agudama-Epie
  6. Akaba
  7. Akaubiri
  8. Akenfa
  9. Akenpai
  10. Akpide
  11. Akumoni
  12. Amarata
  13. Anyama
  14. Asaingbene
  15. Attissa
  16. Ayamabele
  17. Azikoro
  18. Betaland
  19. Biogbolo
  20. Biseni
  21. Bomoundigbene
  22. Bumoundi
  23. Edegbere
  24. Edepie
  25. Egbebiri
  26. Ekeki
  27. Ekpetiama
  28. Epie
  29. Etegwe
  30. Famgbe
  31. Fangbe
  32. Freetown
  33. Gbarain
  34. Gbarantoru
  35. Igbogene
  36. Ikarama
  37. Ikibiri
  38. Ikolo
  39. Kalaba
  40. Kalama
  41. Koroama
  42. Kpansia
  43. Mbiama
  44. Nedugo
  45. New Jerusalem
  46. Nyambiri
  47. Obogoro
  48. Obunagha
  49. Ogboloma
  50. Ogu
  51. Okolobiri
  52. Okordia
  53. Okotiama
  54. Okutukutu
  55. Onopa
  56. Onura
  57. Opolo
  58. Opu Yenizue
  59. Oruama
  60. Ovom
  61. Oweikorogba
  62. Oweiwari
  63. Polaku
  64. Swali
  65. Tambiri
  66. Tein
  67. Tombia
  68. Tuburu
  69. Yenagoa
  70. Yenaka
  71. Yenebebelibiri
  72. Yenegwe
  73. Yenizue Epie
  74. Zarama
  75. Zarama Epie