Issele-uku is an ancestral city in Nigeria's
Delta State and headquarters for the
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
of
Aniocha North. It is also the
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
of the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku ( la, Isseleukuan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Issele-Uku, Delta State in the Ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. It lies on the west ...
. It has its own post office and is served by the nearby new
Asaba
Asaba is the capital city of Delta State, Nigeria. It is located at the western bank of the Niger River, in the Oshimili South Local Government Area. Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a metropolitan population of o ...
International Airport.
History
Issee-Uku and Benin City were part of formal Bende State.
The Issele-uku Association of North America has written a brief history of this area including an explanation of the origin of the name of the city.
References
Obi of Issele-uku confirms Issele-uku is Benin in an Interview with Punch
Wikimapia.org map of Issele-Uku and the surrounding areaFederal Government of Nigeria official websiteOffice of the Governor of Delta State
DeltaState.comEmbassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, DCTrue Face of DeltaNigeriaWorld.com Asaba International Airport
External links
Issele-Uku Association of North AmericaIssele-Uku People's Forum for Development Nigerian Postal Service
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Cities in Delta State