Owan East

Owan East
LGA
Country  Nigeria
State Edo State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

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, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ive-Ada-Obi, Otuo and Uokha). Owan-East is bordered in the North by Akoko-Edo LGA, in the East by Etsako-West LGA, at the West is Ekiti State, at the South-West we find the sister local government- Owan-West, while in the South are Esan Central LGA and Uhunmwonde LGA.

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.

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) [1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ↑ "nigeriapostcodes.com/views/rural.php". Retrieved 2012-03-02.


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