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Nigeria’s South-South geopolitical zone includes Delta State as a state. The state, which is named for the Niger Delta and includes a sizable portion of it, was created on August 27, 1991, out of the former Bendel State. The state is bordered on the north by Edo State, the east by Anambra and Rivers States, the south by Bayelsa State across the Niger River for 17 km and the Forçados River for 198 km, and the western portion of the state’s coastline is the Bight of Benin, which covers around 160 km. In 1991, the State was first established with 12 local government areas[6], which were later increased to 19 and presently total 25. The twin cities of Warri and Uvwie serve as the state’s economic hub, while Asaba, the state capital, is situated along the River Niger on the state’s northeastern border.
With an estimated population of more than 5.6 million as of 2016, Delta is the 36th most populous state and the 23rd largest in terms of area. Geographically, the state is split between Nigerian lowland forests in the majority of the state’s interior and Central African mangroves along the state’s southwest coast, with a tiny area of Niger Delta swamp forests in the state’s far south. The River Niger and its distributary, the Forçados River, flow along the Niger Delta’s eastern and southern boundaries, respectively. Another Niger distributary, the Escravos River, flows through Warri, and the coastal regions are crisscrossed with dozens of smaller Niger distributaries that make up much of the western Niger Delta. A large portion of the state’s natural areas support populations of threatened species such the dwarf crocodile, Grey parrot, African fish eagle, mona monkey, and African manatee, as well as possibly extinct ones like the African leopard and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee. The state is also biodiverse offshore, where colonies of blue mussels, crabs, and lesser African threadfins coexist with other cetacean species.
The Urhobo people, who inhabit the delta central senatorial district, the Ukwuani, Ika, and Aniocha-Oshimili (Igbo) people, who inhabit the delta north senatorial district, and the isokos, Ijaws, Itsekiris and portions of the Urhobos, who inhabit the delta south senatorial district, are among the various ethnic groups that make up Delta State. Other minor tribes, such the Olukumi and igalas, which are located in the delta north region and have been mostly assimilated by the larger igbo group, are also present. Before joining the British Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884, the territory that is now Delta State was separated into a number of monarchial nations including the Kingdom of Warri and the Agbor Kingdom during the pre-colonial era. The protectorate was merged by the British in the early 1900s into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate, which ultimately became British Nigeria. The protectorate is now known as the Niger Coast Protectorate. However, due to the upheavals of the Ekumeku Movement, colonial soldiers did not fully seize control of the present-day Delta State until the 1910s. Notably, Delta contains one of the few regions of what is now Nigeria that were governed by France, since the UK leased the Forcados enclave to France from 1903 to 1930.
The area of present-day Delta was a part of the Western Region upon independence in 1960 until the region was split in 1963, at which point it became a member of the Mid-Western Region. In an effort to quickly end the war, the Igbo-majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra in 1967 and invaded the Mid-Western Region. Biafran forces were eventually stopped and pushed back, but for a brief period they briefly proclaimed the captured Mid-Western Region (including current Delta State) as the Republic of Benin. Widespread conflicts occurred during the occupation between the Biafran army and the majority non-Igbo residents of what is now Delta State. Nigerian army carried out the Asaba massacre on Igbos in Asaba after liberating the Mid-West. The Mid-Western Region was reconstituted following the end of the war and the unification of Nigeria until 1976, when Bendel State was given its current name. Bendel State was divided in 1991, with the northern portion becoming Edo State and the southern portion becoming Delta State.
As one of the major oil-producing states in the nation, the economy of Delta State is centered on the production of crude oil and natural gas. Agriculture is one of the state’s major minor businesses because it produces a lot of cassava, oil palm, and yam, in addition to fishing and heli-culture. Although Delta has the fourth highest Human Development Index in the nation, in large part because of its enormous oil revenues, conflicts between oil companies and local communities and years of systemic corruption have caused hostilities that are frequently associated with the underdevelopment of host communities.
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