Yenagoa is a

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and capital city of

Bayelsa State Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. The capital, Yenag ...

, Southern

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 located at the Niger-Delta region of the country at

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. The

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has an area of 706 km² and an estimated population of 798,466 at 2024. The

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of the area is 561. The Ijaws form the majority of the Local Government Area. English is the

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, but Epie-Atissa language is one of the local languages spoken in Yenagoa, others such as Ekpetiama, Gbarian, Buseni and Zarama are Ijaw dialect in Yenagoa LGA. Bayelsa Airport (

Bayelsa International Airport Bayelsa International Airport (also known as BIA) is an international airport located at Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, with GPS coordinates: 4°57′46″N 6°12′20″E. The airport is operated by the Bayelsa Airport Company Limited. ...

) is an airport located in the Bayelsa State capital of Yenagoa, southern

. Yenagoa Bayelsa Airport received its first aircraft arrival on February 14, 2019. Yenagoa is the home of Bayelsa United, a men's

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club that plays in the second-tier

Nigeria National League The Nigeria National League (NNL) (formerly the National Division 1) is the second-highest overall in the Nigerian football league system after the Nigeria Premier Football League, and is currently contested by 46 clubs. Each season, four ...

, and

Bayelsa Queens Bayelsa Queens is a women's football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. They play in the top tier of the women's football league pyramid in Nigeria. They have won the NWFL Premiership six times and finished runners-up on four occas ...

, a women's football club in the

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. The two clubs won the 2021

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for men and women respectively. The men's match took place at the new

Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benin City, Nigeria. Originally known as Ogbe Stadium, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Bendel Insurance FC and Edo Queens FC. The stadium has ...

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, Benin. Bayelsa United defeated

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4–3 on penalties after the regular period and added time had ended 2–2.

List of towns and villages

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* Akada * Atissa * Ekeki * Ikolo *

Kaiama Kaiama is a Local Government Area and town in northwestern Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kaiama. Description Kaiama LGA has an area of 6,971 km and a population of 124,164 at the 2006 census. The postal code o ...

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Yenagoa Yenagoa is a Local Government Area and capital city of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria. It is located at the Niger-Delta region of the country at coordinates . The LGA has an area of 706 km2 and an estimated population of 798,466 at 2024. ...

* Abasere * Agbobiri * Aorogbene * Agudama * Agudama-Epie * Akpide * Akunomi * Amarata * Amasso * Angiama * Angiama-gbene * Anyamabele * Azikoro * Bebelibiri * Betaland * Biogbolo * Biseni, Yenagoa * Bumodi * Ede-Pie * Egbebiri * Ekpetiamav * Emblama * Epie, Yenagoa * Famgbe * Freetown, Yenagoa * Gbarain * Gbaramtoru * Ibia, Yenagoa * Igbogene * Ikarama * Ikibiri * Jackbiri * Kalaba, Yenagoa * Karama, Yenagoa * Kilama * Kilamakunu-ama * Kpansia * Nyanbiri * Obungha * Ogbolomo * Ogoniforu * Ogu, Yenagoa * Ojogbolo * Okaka, Yenagoa * Okolobiri * Okorodia * Okotiama * Okutukutu * Omom * Onura * Opolo * Ovelemini * Polaku * Tein, Yenagoa * Tombia * Tuburu * Yeniozue-Epie * Zarama, Yenagoa * Zarama Epie

Climate

Yenagoa experiences

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weather Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloud cover, cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmo ...

all year round, with the wet season being warm and cloudy and the dry season being hot and generally cloudy. The average annual temperature fluctuates between 71 °F and 87 °F, rarely falling below 63 °F or rising over 90 °F. It is situated in an area of

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s and

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zo ...

Average temperature

Yenagoa's seasonal

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variations are so negligible that talking about hot and cold seasons doesn't really imply much.

Clouds

The average proportion of the sky that is covered by

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s in Yenagoa varies significantly seasonally throughout the year. Yenagoa's clearer

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starts about November 17 and lasts for 2.8 months, coming to a finish around February 11.Table 19 in In Yenagoa, December is the clearest month of the year, with the

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remaining clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 41% of the time on average. Beginning at February 11 and lasting for 9.2 months, the cloudier period of the year ends around November 17. In Yenagoa, April is the month with the most clouds, with the sky being cloudy or mostly cloudy 87% of the time on average.

Precipitation

A day that has at least 0.04

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es of

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or liquid-equivalent

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is considered to be wet. In Yenagoa, the likelihood of rainy days fluctuates wildly throughout the year. In the 7.7-month wetter season, which runs from March 20 to November 11, there is a more than 46% chance that any given day would be rainy. In Yenagoa, September has an average of 24.5 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the most wet days. Between November 11 and March 20, or 4.3 months, is the dry season. January has an average of 2.8 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the fewest wet days in Yenagoa. Wet days are categorized by rain. In Yenagoa, September has an average of 24.5 days of rain, which is the most of any month. According to this classification, rain alone is the most frequent type of precipitation throughout the year, with a high likelihood of 83% on September 12.

Notable Natives

Diezani Alison-Madueke Diezani K. Agama (born 6 December 1960) is a Nigerian politician who was the first female president of OPEC. She became Nigeria's minister of transportation on 26 July 2007. She was moved to Mines and Steel Development in 2008, and in April 201 ...

, former Minister of Petroleum * Chief

Werinipre Seibarugo Werinipre Seibarugo is a People's Democratic Party politician who was appointed acting Governor of Bayelsa State in southern Nigeria from 16 April 2008 to 27 May 2008. Seibarugo took office after the election of governor Timipre Sylva was annull ...

(8th Governor of Bayelsa State) * Sen.

Emmanuel Paulker Emmanuel Paulker (born 15 October 1955) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Bayelsa Central constituency of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the UKIP. Biography Paulker attended Bis ...

(former Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District) * Ihuarulam Uche (born 1996), footballer

Gallery

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References

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