Bayelsa State

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state in Nigeria

Bayelsa State is a coastal oil-producing state in southern Nigeria, known for its extensive mangrove forests and central role in the country’s petroleum industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
capital Yenagoa ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdBy Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
createdOn 1996-10-01 ⓘ
dominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
environmentalIssue gas flaring ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ijaw ⓘ
formedFrom Rivers State ⓘ
geographicalFeature Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta swamp

creeks and waterways ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
governorParty Peoples Democratic Party ⓘ
hasAirport Bayelsa International Airport ⓘ
hasCoastline Yes ⓘ
hasGovernor Douye Diri ⓘ
hasLegislature Bayelsa State House of Assembly ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Brass ⓘ
Ekeremor ⓘ
Kolokuma/Opokuma ⓘ
Nembe ⓘ
Ogbia ⓘ
Sagbama ⓘ
Southern Ijaw ⓘ
Yenagoa ⓘ
hasMotto Glory of all Lands ⓘ
hasUniversity Niger Delta University ⓘ
isoCode NG-BA ⓘ
isOilProducing Yes ⓘ
knownFor extensive mangrove forests ⓘ
petroleum production ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
largestCity Yenagoa ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Southern Nigeria ⓘ
majorEconomicSector fishing ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
playsRoleIn Nigeria petroleum industry ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 56 ⓘ
region Southern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South South Nigeria
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Rivers State → borderedBy → Bayelsa State ⓘ
Niger Delta → contains → Bayelsa State ⓘ
Yenagoa → isCapitalOf → Bayelsa State ⓘ
Yenagoa → locatedIn → Bayelsa State ⓘ
Ijaw → primaryRegion → Bayelsa State ⓘ
Yenagoa → subdivisionName → Bayelsa State ⓘ