Tuomo Town is the headquarters of
Tuomo Tuomo is a male given name common in Finland. It is a Finnish version of the name Thomas. Common variations of Tuomo in Finland include Tuomas, Toomas, Tomas and Thoma. The nameday is the 21st of December. As of 2013 there are more than 16,000 peopl ...
Clan which is situated in present-day
Burutu
Burutu is a 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, upstream from the Bight of Benin. It has served as a link between river trans ...
Local Government Area of
Delta State, Nigeria. It lies along the
Forcados River, popularly known by the
Ijaws as Boloutoru. It is made up of three quarters, viz:
Foukonou,
Akerebunu
Tuomo Town is the headquarters of Tuomo Clan which is situated in present-day Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It lies along the Forcados River, popularly known by the Ijaws as Boloutoru. It is made up of three quarters, vi ...
and
Ekeremobiri. Other towns that are in the same clan with Tuomo are:
Bolou-Tebegbe and
Bolou-Tamibge which later gave birth to
Toru-Tebegbe and
Toru-Tamigbe in their present settlement along the creek and
Torugbene.
Ogbobagbene was the youngest town moved out of
Akerebunu
Tuomo Town is the headquarters of Tuomo Clan which is situated in present-day Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It lies along the Forcados River, popularly known by the Ijaws as Boloutoru. It is made up of three quarters, vi ...
in
Tuomo Tuomo is a male given name common in Finland. It is a Finnish version of the name Thomas. Common variations of Tuomo in Finland include Tuomas, Toomas, Tomas and Thoma. The nameday is the 21st of December. As of 2013 there are more than 16,000 peopl ...
to settle in the same creek before
Toru-Tebegbe due to fishing.
Etymology
The etymology of the word
Tuomo Tuomo is a male given name common in Finland. It is a Finnish version of the name Thomas. Common variations of Tuomo in Finland include Tuomas, Toomas, Tomas and Thoma. The nameday is the 21st of December. As of 2013 there are more than 16,000 peopl ...
(Tuama) means 'grass town' and was the name accorded to the town due to it high level of grasses during the time of settlement.
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Towns in Delta State