Southern Ijaw
Southern Ijaw is a Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Southern part of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Oporoma in the north of the area at.- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 322,000 residents
- Description: LGA in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Southern Ijaw Local Government Area” and “Southern-Ijaw”
Southern Ijaw
Latitude
4.6768° or 4° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude
5.9416° or 5° 56′ 30″ east
Population
322,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
6FP7MWGR+MJ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Southern Ijaw” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة جنوب إيجاو”
- Cebuano: “Southern Ijaw”
- French: “Sud Ijaw”
- Hausa: “Southern Ijaw”
- Igbo: “Southern/Ndịda Ijaw”
- Italian: “Southern Ijaw”
- Karekare: “Southern Ijaw”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Southern Ijaw”
- Spanish: “Southern Ijaw”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Apágúúsù Ijaw”
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Highlights: Niger Delta and Gbaranfor Island.
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