Urhobo people

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Nigerian ethnic group ethnic group

The Urhobo people are a major ethnic group in southern Nigeria, primarily inhabiting Delta State, known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and involvement in the oil-producing Niger Delta region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Urhobo clans 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
clanStructure Urhobo people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Urhobo clans
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalFestival Iyerin festival ⓘ
Ohworu festival ⓘ
Ohworu festival ⓘ
surface form: Ovwiamuge festival
culturalOrganization Urhobo Progress Union ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
extended family compounds ⓘ
masquerade festivals ⓘ
traditional wrestling ⓘ
diaspora Benin City ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicActivity farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
palm oil production ⓘ
participation in oil industry ⓘ
rubber cultivation ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnonym Urhobo ⓘ
federalState Delta State ⓘ
language Urhobo language ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Edoid languages ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
majorTowns Abraka ⓘ
Effurun ⓘ
Oghara ⓘ
Oleh ⓘ
Sapele ⓘ
Ughelli ⓘ
Warri ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Ikwerre people ⓘ
surface form: Anioma people

Edo people ⓘ
Ijaw people ⓘ
Isoko people ⓘ
Itsekiri people ⓘ
partOf Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta region
populationRegion Southern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: southern Nigeria
primaryRegion Delta State ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the major ethnic groups in Delta State ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
religiousConversion Christian missions in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
traditionalDeity Aziza ⓘ
Erivwin ⓘ
Ogboru ⓘ
Oghene ⓘ
traditionalFood ogwo evwri ⓘ
starch and banga soup ⓘ
ukodo ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalStructure clan-based leadership ⓘ
council of elders ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
surface form: Urhobo traditional religion
UrhoboProgressUnionRole socio-cultural umbrella body of Urhobo people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet for Urhobo language ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urhobo people → clanStructure → Urhobo people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urhobo clans
Niger Delta → ethnicGroup → Urhobo people ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → majorEthnicGroup → Urhobo people ⓘ