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Warri North
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Delta State
Headquarters	Koko
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Hon. Festus Ashima
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Warri North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Koko. It has an area of 1,841 km and a population of 137,300 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 332.

Warri North LGA has its headquarters at Koko, a cosmopolitan town that houses a sea port. Conspicuous in the town is the ancient house of Nana Olomu of Itsekiri. The LGA is predominantly riverine and is inhabited by the Itsekiri people. The major occupations of the people are fishing, carving of canoes, net weaving, hunting, clothes dyeing, trading and farming. It is also the location of a lovely tourist attraction, the floating market at Ogheye. The Local government is richly blessed with Crude oil and houses the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Chevron amongst others.

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. "Nigeria - Brief History". www.britishempire.co.uk.
3. "Warri-north-local-government | local-government | delta-articles | delta". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-06-08.

See also

• Warri

v t e Delta State
State capital: Asaba
Local government areas	Aniocha North Aniocha South Bomadi Burutu Ethiope East Ethiope West Ika North East Ika South Isoko North Isoko South Ndokwa East Ndokwa West Okpe Oshimili North Oshimili South Patani Sapele Udu Ughelli North Ughelli South Ukwuani Uvwie Warri North Warri South Warri South West

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