Ikwerre 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 ...

Rivers State Rivers is a states of Nigeria, state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo State, Im ...

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. Its headquarters is in the town of Isiokpo 'known as the ancient Kingdom of Ikwerre land'. It is the first local government created of the Ikwerre ethnicity and later Emohua, Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt LGAs were created. The Ikwerre ethnicity occupies the upland region of Rivers State. It shares boundaries with Imo State to the north,

Emohua Emohua is an oil rich Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Emohua. Emohua LGA is made up of so many towns and villages which includes; Omudioga, Egbeda, Ubimini, Elele-Alimini, Rumuji, Emohua, Ibaa, ...

to the west,

Etche The Etche Tribe are indigenous people found in Rivers State. Presently, its people make up Etche and Omuma, two of the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. They are part of the 13 federal constituencies representing River State in Nigeria ...

to the east, and

Obio-Akpor Obio-Akpor is a Local Government Area in the metropolis of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is one of the major centres of economic activities in Nigeria, and one of the major cities of the Niger Delta region, with industries and comp ...

to the south. The

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of the area is 511001.

Climate/Geography

Ikwerre LGA has an average annual temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and a total size of 1,380 square kilometers. The Lower Gulch Area experiences two distinct seasons—the dry and the rainy—with an average

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level of 90%. In Ikwerre LGA, the wet seasons are distinguished by prolonged

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and typically persist longer than the dry ones. Town and Communities * Isiokpo *

Elele Elele is one of the big towns in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Madonna University is located in Elele in Ikwerre local government area. Elele, one of the major cities in Rivers State, is a medium-sized town in the Nig ...

* Omagwa * Ipo * Aluu * Omuanwa * Omademe * Ozuoha * Ubima.Ikunga, Solomon (2018). "7". In Bassey Anam (ed.). "The Development of Indigenous Technology in Iwhuruohna 1500-2000: A Historical Imperative". ''Arts, Technology & Development Patterns''. Nigeria: Advanced Publishers. pp. 87–114. .

References

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