Kwale, Nigeria

Kwale is a city in Delta State, Nigeria and is located within the colonial Warri province. Kwale is generally considered a city especially considering it oil and gas reserves which can be utilized to transform the town and neighbouring communities into a modern city. Kwale is host to oil and gas companies some of which have presence in different parts of the African city such as a gas flow facility which is situated at Ebedei nearby Umukwata area and another at Ebendo and Umusadege with a pipeline running from Aboh and river Ase creeks [3] .

This article is about a city in Nigeria. For the Kenyan town of the same name, see Kwale.
Kwale

Utagba Ogbe
City
Nickname(s): 
K town
Kwale
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°11′52.23″N 6°43′42.48″E
Country Nigeria
StateDelta State
Area
 • Total268 km2 (103 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 census)[1]
 • Estimate 
(2011)
176,060[2]
ClimateAw

There are considerations about the establishment of modular refineries within the area [4] . The main and only Electricity generation facility in Delta North is at Okpai within the city of Kwale.

History

It is imperative to consider the fact that encyclopedias such as this one is to the personal opinion of this writer, important to enable investors, scholars and tourists get reliable and verified facts concerning a subject thus, considering the fact that the city of Kwale is populated by more than one native group, it is impossible to obtain exact information about the history of the city for each group migrated into the city at different times and each group could claim to be the first but to avoid violence, the history of the city will be left out for each group.


Demographics

Kwale city is inhabited by three different native groups with the predominant being the Ukwuani Aboh Ndoni speaking group, the Urhobo-Isoko ethnic group is the next dominant native group while the Ijaw speaking group is the third native group. There are other non native groups residing within the city. Utagba Ogbe is the main initial downtown area of the city.


See also

References
  1. "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA : 2006 Population Census" (PDF). Web.archive.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Delta (state, Nigeria)". population.de. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. "Mart oil resources launches new brand identity". ThisDay. March 23, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. "Delta to build three modular refineries". TheNation. February 22, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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