Effurun is a town and the headquarters of Uvwie Local Government Area in Delta State,

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. It is an Urban center, densely populated with different infrastructural development. it borders it's twin city

Warri The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri City is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri and her twin city, Uvwie are the commercia ...

, also serves as an entrance to

. It shares boundaries with

Agbarho Agbarho is a town in the Ughelli North LGA of Delta State, 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 t ...

to the east, Udu to the south,

Ughelli South Ughelli South is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It is made up of six Urhobo kingdoms namely: Ughievwen, Arhavwarien, Effurun Otor, Eghwu, Okparabe and Olomu. Otu Jeremi is the headquarters of Ughelli South LGA. It is the fourth ...

to the south east, Okpe to the north and

to the west. Due to her proximity with

, rapid population growth and several road network linking both towns and her environs, it formed a conurbation collectively referred to as Warri by people from other parts of the state and

at large, though each towns in "Warri conurbation" are under different traditional and political authorities. Effurun is one of the major hubs of economic activities and businesses in Delta State. The city herself is indigenous to the Uvwie people, a subgroup of the Urhobo. Its inhabitants are predominantly

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of different denominations, and some practice a mixture of

African traditional religion The traditional beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions.Encyclopedia of African Religion (Sage, 2009) Molefi Kete Asante Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptur ...

most notably the Igbe religion common amongst Urhobos like most of Southern Nigeria. The city along with

and environs are known nationwide for her unique Pidgin English.

Higher institutions

* Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) at Effurun, Delta State * Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) at Ugbomro, Effurun, Delta State

References

Towns in Delta State {{DeltaNG-geo-stub