Official Name: | Isoko North | ||||||
Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
Subdivision Name: | Nigeria | ||||||
Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Delta State | ||||||
Seat Type: | Headquarters | ||||||
Seat: | Ozoro | ||||||
Leader Title: | Hon. | ||||||
Leader Name: | Emmanuel Egbabor | ||||||
Established Title: | Executive Chairman | ||||||
Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
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Isoko North is one of two Local Government Areas (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State, southern Nigeria - the other being Isoko South. The population of Isoko North was approximately 112,000 as of 2003. Its headquarters are in the town of Ozoro which has 14,000 seater capacity Olympic size stadium at the Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro, now upgraded to a University. There are 13 Electoral Wards in the Local Government Area. Major towns in Isoko North are Ozoro, Owhelogbo, Otor Owhe, Oghara-Iyede and Emevor. The people are mostly Christian and traditional worshippers. Isoko North contains oil producing regions, and is the location of some of the recent conflict in the Niger Delta.