Southern Ijaw

E282096

Southern Ijaw is a coastal local government area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, known for its riverine communities and significant oil and gas resources.

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Label Occurrences
Southern Ijaw canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local government area
administrativeDivisionOf Bayelsa State
borderFeature Atlantic Ocean
country Nigeria
countrySubdivisionType Local Government Area
governingBody Southern Ijaw Local Government Council
hasCapital Oporoma
hasChallenge environmental degradation
flooding
oil pollution
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasCommunityType riverine communities
hasEconomicActivity fishing
oil and gas exploration
subsistence farming
hasEnvironmentalFeature creeks
estuaries
mangrove swamps
hasEthnicGroup Ijaw people
hasGeographyType riverine
hasLanguage Ijaw languages
hasNaturalResource crude oil
natural gas
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPrimaryEconomicBase petroleum industry
hasReligion Christianity
traditional African religion
hasSector maritime transport
oil and gas sector
hasTransportMode water transport
hasVegetation mangrove forest
hasWaterBody Niger Delta
surface form: Niger Delta creeks

numerous rivers and waterways
headquarters Oporoma
isCoastal true
isOilProducingArea true
isRiverine true
locatedIn Bayelsa State
Niger Delta
South-South Nigeria
surface form: South South Nigeria

coastal area of Bayelsa State
coastal belt of Nigeria
oil-producing region of Nigeria
state Bayelsa State
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT)
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1

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Bayelsa State hasLocalGovernmentArea Southern Ijaw
Ogbia borderedBy Southern Ijaw