Agbarho is a town in the

Ughelli North Ughelli North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the city of Ughelli. It has an area of 818 km2 and a population of 321,028 at the 2006 census. Projected to be 780,022, (2022). The postal code ...

LGA of

Delta State Delta is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South (Nigeria), South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named after the Niger Delta—a large part of which is in the state—the state was formed from the former Bendel State, on 27 August 1 ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. It is also one of the kingdoms that make up the Urhobo Tribe The Urhobo are the main tribes living within this area. They speak the Agbarho dialect of Urhobo, which is the target dialect

standard dialect A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is any language variety that has undergone substantial codification in its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and that stands ...

for literacy in

Urhobo language Urhobo is a South-Western Edoid language spoken by the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria. It is from the Delta State, Delta and Bayelsa State, Bayelsa States. Phonology Urhobo has a rather reduced system of phonology, sound inventory compared to ...

.Eme, C. A. and Ekiugbo, P. O. (in preparation) Consonant variation in Agbarho-Urhobo: A sociophonetic investigation The Agbarho people have a traditional ruler who leads the whole of Agbarho Kingdom, known as the; Osuivie of Agbarho Kingdom

Population

Agbarho is one of the most populated towns in

, with an estimated population of over 500,000 people. Agbarho is made up of communities such as the Oguname, Ophori, Oviri, Oghara of Agbarho, Uvwiamuge, Ughrugheli, Uvwiama Ekrerhavwe, Ikwegwu Okrherhe, Orhokpokpor, Orho-Agbarho, Ekwerhe. E.t.c. The people of Agbarho are mainly farmers and businessmen/women. Some of the schools of this region include the Popular ; Unity School Agbarho, Agbarho Grammar School, St. Endas College Agbarho and others such as Agbarho Model Primary School, Isherhe Primary School and Evwrutu Primary School. There is also a government owned and operated hospital which lies at the outskirts of the town and on the way to Ohrerhe community. There are five stars hotels that will suit any visitors taste. The town has since the early 70's had facilities like a post office, pipe-borne water supply and electricity. However, the satellite villages had none of these facilities until the 1990s ushered in a new development drive which began to open up these interiors. Notable of such drives was a self-help electrification project instituted by businessman Late Chief. John Mononia Agbatutu for Ohrerhe community. Agbarho traditional rulership has been by the ''Osuivie'' who rules with an advisory body comprising traditional chiefs from whom the chronologically foremost in the chieftaincy institution succeeds the ''Osuivie''. There is also an administrative body known as Agbarho Urhobo Improvement Union ( AUIU) which has the responsibility of development and policy making.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Delta State