Ahoada West (also spelt Ahuda West) is a Local Government Area of

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, located northwest of Port Harcourt. It was extracted in 1996 from the old Ahoada Local Government that makes up the present

Orashi Region Orashi River (also Urashi or Ulasi), is a river of the lower Niger River basin, and a tributary of Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria. Urashi takes off, 183 m above mean sea level, from the rocks in Ezeama community of Dikenafai, Imo State. Desc ...

of Rivers State. Its seat is in the town of Akinima. The Local Government Area comprises the Ekpeyes (Ubies and Ibuduyas), Engenni and

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communities. Thus there are three distinct languages namely Ekpeye, Engenni and

. The

Orashi river Orashi River (also Urashi or Ulasi), is a river of the lower Niger River basin, and a tributary of Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria. Urashi takes off, 183 m above mean sea level, from the rocks in Ezeama community of Dikenafai, Imo State. Desc ...

criss-crosses the entire Local Government area and its vegetation is mainly a high dense

rain forest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest ...

. Thus the occupations of the people are mainly farming, fishing, and hunting. The Local Government Area is bounded by Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Abua/Odua Local Government Area, Ahoada East Local Government Area on the east we have Besini and Yenagoa both of Bayelsa State on the North and West respectively. The boundary between Rivers and Bayelsa states from the west is located at Engenni.

References

Local Government Areas in Rivers State 1996 establishments in Nigeria 1990s establishments in Rivers State {{RiversNG-geo-stub