Issele Ukwu

6°19′11.98″N 6°28′36.65″E / 6.3199944°N 6.4768472°E / 6.3199944; 6.4768472Country NigeriaStateDelta StateLocal Government AreaAniocha NorthGovernment • ObiAgbogidi Obi Nduka (MNSE)Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)Postcode

Issele-uku is an Anioma town in Nigeria's Delta State and headquarters for the Local Government Area of Aniocha North.^[1] It is also the Episcopal See of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku. It has its own post office and is served by the nearby new Asaba International Airport.

History

Issee-Uku is Anioma town in present-day Delta State.^[2] The Issele-uku Association of North America has written a brief history of this area including an explanation of the origin of the name of the city. Annabelle's village.

References

Obi of Issele-uku confirms Issele-uku is Benin in an Interview with Punch

• Wikimapia.org map of Issele-Uku and the surrounding area
• Federal Government of Nigeria official website
• Office of the Governor of Delta State Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
• DeltaState.com
• U.S.A. Department of State page about Nigeria
• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, DC
• True Face of Delta
• NigeriaWorld.com
• Asaba International Airport

External links

• [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

• Issele-Uku Association of North America
• Issele-Uku People's Forum for Development
• Nigerian Postal Service
• GeoNames information about the local towns