Orie is a village of approximately 3,000 people, and located in the
Isoko South
Isoko South is a local government area (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State, Nigeria. With its headquarters at Oleh, Nigeria, it is one of the two local governments that make up the Isoko region. The other is Isoko North, which has its hea ...
local government area of
Delta state
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,
Nigeria
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. It is also called ''Orie-Irri'' because its inhabitants are generally believed to have originally migrated from
Irri
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town. Orie is surrounded by three villages:
Opke,
Ofagbe
Ofagbe ("Ofa kugbe") is a town about southeast of Ozoro, the headquarters of the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Legend has it that the town was established by three families who migrated from various points in the ...
and
Utue.
Populated places in Isoko South
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