Brass is a

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 federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Bayelsa State Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. The capital, Yenag ...

, southern

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Twon-Brass on Brass Island along the

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, it has a

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of approximately 90 km on the Bight of Bonny. Much of the area of the

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is occupied by the Edumanom National Forest. It has an area of 1,404 km and an estimated population of 426,150 as at 2024. The

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of the area is 562.

History

It is a traditional fishing village of the Nembe branch of the Ijo people. It became a slave-trading port for the state of Brass (Nembe) in the early 19th century. It was ruled by African merchant "houses", which were encouraged by the European traders. The state's chief slave-collecting centres (Brass and Nembe) often sent

war canoe A war canoe is a watercraft of the canoe type designed and outfitted for warfare, and which is found in various forms in many world cultures. In modern times, such designs have become adapted as a sport, and "war canoe" can mean a type of flatwa ...

s into the interior—especially through Igbo country—to capture slaves.

Economy of Brass

Brass has enormous deposits of

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and

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

and because of the rich natural resources has the presence of several national and international oil mining companies. The activities of these oil

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

companies has contributed most of the economic development of the Brass area. The Brass people are also known as farmers as farming is also an important economic activity with crops such as oil palm, plantain, and sugarcane grown in the Brass area. Another economic activities of the Brass people to sustain livelihood are

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and the making of fishing nets, construction of canoes also is another key economic features of the Brass area.

Climate

The climate of Brass is tropical monsoon (classification: Am). The district experiences a yearly

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of 29.05 °C (84.29 °F), which is -0.41% colder than the average for Nigeria. About 244.95 millimeters (9.64 inches) of

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and 300.37 wet days (82.29% of the time) are experienced annually in Brass.

Notable people

* Kingsley Akpososo (born 1990), footballer

References

Local Government Areas in Bayelsa State Populated coastal places in Nigeria {{Bayelsa-geo-stub