Sagbama is a
Local Government Area in
Bayelsa State
Bayelsa is one of the states in the South-South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta region. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. Y ...
,
Southern part of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the
town
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Origin and use
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of Sagbama. Part of the area of the LGA lies within the
Bayelsa National Forest
Bayelsa is one of the states in the South-South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta region. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. Yenag ...
.
It has an
area
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of 945 km and a population of 187,146 at the 2006
census
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.
Sagbama LGA is in the town of Sagbama and consists of the
district
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s o
Ofoni Aduku
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Location
Aduku is located approximately , by road, southwest of Lira, the largest city ...
, Sagbama, Ossiama, OFONI,
Adoni
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, Agbere, Asamabiri,
Angalabiri,
Ebedebiri,
Osekwenike,
Agoro,
Toru Ebeni and Trofani, and the LGA is under
Bayelsa West Senatorial District Bayelsa West Senatorial District in Bayelsa State covers two local governments of Ekeremor
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The
postal code
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of the area is 561. It was reported that a man killed in his roommate at Sagbama, in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa state and sell his body part to rituals.
Climate
In Sagbama community, the wet season is warm and overcast, the dry season is hot and mostly cloudy, and it is oppressive year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 70 °F to 88 °F and is rarely below 62 °F or above 91 °F.
Major Communities in Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State:
SALGA Constituency 1
1. OFONI
2. ANGALABIRI
3. TORU ORUA
4. EBEDEBIRI
5. TORU ANGIAMA
6. BULOU ORUA
SALGA Constituency 2
7. OGOBIRI
8. SAGBAMA
9. AGOROGBENE
10. AGORO
11. OKUMBIRI
12. TORU-EBENI
13. ERIAMA
14. OSIAMA
15. KABIAMA
16. AKEDE
17. DAGANA-GBENE
18. EGBEPULUGBENE
19. EWEGBENE
20. OGBONUGBENE
21. ANYAMA-IBENI
22. ISONI
SALGA Constituency 3
23. TUNGBABIRI
24. ADAGBABIRI
25. ELEMEBIRI
26. TROFANI
27. ISOKENIKE
28. ODONI
29. AGBARE
30. TUNGBO
31. ANIBEZE
32. OSIFO
33. ADUKU
34. KENAN
35. OBUITOR
36. EKPERIWARE
37. OGBOKIRI
38. ASAMABIRI
References
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