Udu is a Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria with its local government headquarters at Otor-Udu. It has a population estimate of approximately 250,000 people. It is one of the Urhobo kingdoms, has its own king, or ovie. The town is about 10 minutes drive from Osubi Airport
Udu | |
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  Udu | |
| Coordinates: 5°45′N 5°43′E / 5.750°N 5.717°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Delta State |
| Headquarters | Otor-Udu |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Geography
editThe land is interlocked by rivers flowing across. It has a tropical weather and rain forest with evergreen vegetation and plantation all year round. Its geographical feature consists of numerous streams that inter-connect into an intricate web of rivers, lagoons, swamps and wetlands. [1] It is a boundary city/local government and a suburb of Warri metropolis and is connected from Enerhen by the Udu Bridge over Warri River.
Climate
editof an average yearly temperature of 28.58°C and 204.98 days of precipitation, the savanna climate in Ndiagu-Onicha is tropical wet and dry.[2]
Cultural heritage
editThe villages that makes up of the present Udu local government area are historically grouped into three sub-clans.
Evwrirhe Sub-clans
editThese are the villages and towns: Aladja, Ovwian, Emadadja, Egini, Obubu, Ubogo, Oleri, Oto Udu, Ogbe Udu, Ukpiovwin, Ukperheren, Ayama, Ekrota, Ugbisi, Owhrode, Ekete Oboto, Ekete Uburhie, Okolo Uburhie, Okolo Oboto, Ovworhokpokpo, Erhiephiho, Egiegi, Epame, Ujevwu, Oghior, Ohwase.
Oniere Sub-clan
editThese are Orho-Uwherun (Orhuwhorun) (Uwherun settlement), Igbogidi, and DSC Township, new town founded due to the construction of Delta Steel Company (DSC) at Aladja, Steel Township.
Uheredjo Sub-clans
editThese are Opete, Okpaka and Enerhen.
Economy
editUdu's natural resources include rubber and rubber products, palm oil and palm products, cassava, fruits, vegetables and maize available in large quantities. Silica is available in a nearby town for the manufacture of glass and also is crude oil, natural gas and other minerals for the petrochemical industry.
To the right of the Udu Bridge are the Delta Steel plant, Africa's first direct steel reduction variety of metallurgy, and Udu market.[citation needed] A Shell gas processing facility is situated near Otor-Udu, together with other engineering companies.
A railway line connects Itakpe-Ajaokuta to Warri through Aladja.
References
edit- ^ "hotel and tourism development potentials in delta state". goodie ibru. June 2, 2001. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ "Otor-Udu Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.