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Delta State

Delta is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of . Named after the —a large part of which is in the state—the state was formed from the former Bendel State, on 27 August 1991.
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is a city in the southwestern part of the Niger Delta, in Delta State, . It has a long history as a major city for the crude oil industry in the country.

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is a town in Delta State, . It is also the administrative capital of the state and falls at the west bank of River Niger.

is a primary town and one of the Local Government Areas of Delta State, . city is a port in the region of Southern Nigeria along the Ethiope River in western Delta State.

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is a Local Government Area in Delta State, . It lies on the coast of the on two sides of the Forcados River, a channel of the River Niger, 30 kilometres upstream from the Bight of Benin.

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is a town in , and one of the 24 kingdoms that make up the Urhobo Nation. It is also serves as the headquarters of North Local Government Area of Delta State.

is an Ijaw local government area in Delta State, . The town lies on the bank of the Forcados River. This LGA also has its headquarters located in town.

is a town in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State, .

is a city and the headquarter of Local Government area of Delta State, Nigeria. It is one of the two administrative units in the Isoko region of Delta State, southern Nigeria.

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, is a town in Delta state, . It is also home to two of the main 24 urhobo kingdoms. It is mostly known as a university town and has the main campus of the Delta State University located there.
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Delta State

Latitude of center
5.5° or 5° 30′ north
Longitude of center
6° east
Population
4,170,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2565341
Wiki­data ID
Q503910
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Delta State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دلتا”
  • Arabic: “ولاية دلتا نيجيريا”
  • Arabic: “ولاية دلتا”
  • Armenian: “Դելտա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Delta ştatı”
  • Belarusian: “Дэльта, штат”
  • Belarusian: “Дэльта”
  • Belarusian: “штат Дэльта”
  • Bengali: “ডেল্টা অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bengali: “ডেল্টা স্টেট”
  • Bislama: “Delta State”
  • Bulgarian: “Делта”
  • Catalan: “Estat del Delta”
  • Cebuano: “Delta State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Delta”
  • Chinese: “Delta Chiu”
  • Chinese: “三角州”
  • Chinese: “三角洲州”
  • Chinese: “德尔塔州”
  • Czech: “Delta (stát)”
  • Czech: “Delta”
  • Danish: “Delta Nigeria”
  • Danish: “Delta”
  • Dutch: “Delta”
  • Esperanto: “Delta Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Delta”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Delta”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Delta”
  • Estonian: “Delta osariik”
  • Finnish: “Delta”
  • French: “Delta”
  • French: “Etat de Delta”
  • French: “État de Delta”
  • French: “État du Delta”
  • Fulah: “Delta State”
  • Galician: “Estado do Delta”
  • Georgian: “დელტის შტატი”
  • German: “Delta”
  • German: “NG-DE”
  • Greek: “Δέλτα (Ντέλτα)”
  • Greek: “Δέλτα”
  • Gujarati: “ડેલ્ટા સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Delta Tọn”
  • Hausa: “dalta”
  • Hausa: “Delta”
  • Hausa: “jahar Delta”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת דלתא”
  • Hindi: “डेल्टा राज्य”
  • Igala: “Delta State”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Delta”
  • Indonesian: “Delta”
  • Italian: “Delta”
  • Japanese: “デルタ州”
  • Kannada: “ಡೆಲ್ಟಾ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “델타주”
  • Latvian: “Delta”
  • Latvian: “Deltas štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Deltos valstija”
  • Malay: “Delta State”
  • Marathi: “डेल्टा राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Delta Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Delta State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Delta (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Delta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delta”
  • Norwegian: “Delta”
  • Obolo: “Delita”
  • Persian: “ایالت دلتا”
  • Polish: “Delta”
  • Portuguese: “Delta”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Delta”
  • Romanian: “Statul Delta”
  • Russian: “Дельта (Нигерия)”
  • Russian: “Дельта (штат)”
  • Russian: “Дельта”
  • Serbian: “Делта”
  • Sindhi: “ڊيلٽا رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ඩෙල්ටා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඩෙල්ටා රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “Delta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دلتا ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Delta”
  • Spanish: “Estado del Delta”
  • Swahili: “Delta State”
  • Swahili: “Delta”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Delta”
  • Swedish: “Delta”
  • Tamil: “டெல்டா மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “డెల్టా రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “డెల్టా స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “เดลทา สเตจ”
  • Tumbuka: “Delta State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Delta Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Delta”
  • Tyap: “Delta State”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Da̱li̱ta”
  • Ukrainian: “Дельта”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلٹا اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلٹا ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Delta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Delta (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Delta”
  • Western Mari: “Дельта”
  • Yoruba: “Delta State”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Delta”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Delta”

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