Owan East

Owan East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The headquarters is in the town of Afuze. The Owan East Local Government Area comprises 69 towns/villages made up of eight clans (Emai, Igue, Ake-Ievbu, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ive-Ada-Obi, Otuo and Uokha).[1]

Owan East
LGA
Country Nigeria
StateEdo State
Area
 • Total480 sq mi (1,240 km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Owan-East is bordered in the north by Akoko-Edo LGA, in the east by Etsako-West LGA, at the west is Ekiti State, and at the southwest by Owan-West LGA, while in the South are Esan Central LGA and Uhunmwonde LGA.[2]

It has an area of 1,240 km2 and a population of 154,385 persons (81,847 males and 72,538 females) at the 2006 census.

Postal codes

The postal code of the area is 313. (Emai: 313101, Ihievbe: 313102, Ive-Ada-Obi: 313103, Uokha: 313104, Ivbi-Mion: 313105, Igue: 313106, Otuo: 313107, and Ikao: 313108)[3][4]

References
  1. "Ugbona | Nigeria Facts". nigeriafacts.net. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  2. "About Owan East - Afemai People". 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  3. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  4. "nigeriapostcodes.com/views/rural.php". Retrieved 2012-03-02.


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