Isoko North

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| leader_name = Emmanuel Egbabor

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Isoko North is one of two Local Government Areas (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State, southern Nigeria – the other being Isoko South. The population of Isoko North was 143,559 as of the 2006 Nigerian census.{{Cite journal |date=2 February 2009 |title=Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette |url=https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ng/2009/ng-government-gazette-dated-2009-02-02-no-2.pdf |journal=Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette |volume=96 |issue=2 |pages=28}} Its headquarters are in the town of Ozoro, which has 14,000 seater capacity Olympic size stadium at the Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro, now upgraded to a University. There are 13 Electoral Wards in the Local Government Area. Major towns in Isoko North are Ozoro, Owhelogbo, Otor Owhe, Oghara-Iyede and Emevor. The people are mostly Christian and traditional worshippers. Isoko North contains oil producing regions, and is the location of some of the recent conflict in the Niger Delta.

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References

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  • [http://www.usafricaonline.com/inside_a/youths_seize.html Isoko Youths seize Shell Oil flow station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529184742/http://www.usafricaonline.com/inside_a/youths_seize.html |date=2007-05-29 }}

{{LGAs and communities of Delta State}}

Category:Local Government Areas in Delta State

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