Warri North

Warri North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Koko. It has an area of 1,841 km² and a population of 137,300 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 332.[1]

Warri North
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Delta State
Headquarters	Koko
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Amb. Aduge Okorodudu
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Warri North LGA has its headquarters at Koko, a cosmopolitan town that houses a sea port. Conspicuous in the town is the ancient house of Nana Olomu of Itsekiri, who was a major player in the slave trade business with the Europeans. The LGA is predominantly riverine and is inhabited by the Itsekiris and minute group of Ijaw People.The major occupations of the people are fishing, carving of canoes, net weaving, hunting, clothes dyeing, trading and farming. It is also the location of a lovely tourist attraction, the floating market at Ogheye. The Local government is richly blessed with Crude oil and houses the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Chevron amongst others.[2]