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Owan East
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Edo State
Area
• Total	480 sq mi (1,240 km)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Owan East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The headquarters is in the town of Afuze. The Owan East Local Government Area comprises 69 towns/villages, made up of eight clans (Emai, Igue, Ake-Ievbu, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ive-Ada-Obi, Otuo and Uokha).

Owan-East is bordered in the north by Akoko-Edo LGA, in the east by Etsako-West LGA, at the west is Ondo State, and at the southwest by Owan-West LGA, while in the South are Esan Central LGA and Uhunmwonde LGA.

Education

This local government has different educational institutions such as kingdagating, nursery, primary, secondary both Private and public, and Edo state college of Education, Afuze campus as an higher higer learning with the school of physical and health education and special needs education as campus three.

It has an area of 1,240 km and a population of 154,385 persons (81,847 males and 72,538 females) at the 2006 census.

Postal codes

The postal code of the area is 313. (Emai: 313101, Ihievbe: 313102, Ive-Ada-Obi: 313103, Uokha: 313104, Ivbi-Mion: 313105, Igue: 313106, Otuo: 313107, and Ikao: 313108)

References

1. Oluwagbemi, Ayodele (2016-02-09). "Afuze: An Olympic Games Village for reptiles and rodents". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
2. "Ugbona | Nigeria Facts". nigeriafacts.net. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
3. "About Owan East - Afemai People". 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
4. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
5. "nigeriapostcodes.com/views/rural.php". Retrieved 2012-03-02.

v t e Edo State
State capital: Benin City
Local government areas	Akoko Edo Egor Esan Central Esan North-East Esan South-East Esan West Etsako Central Etsako East Etsako West Igueben Ikpoba Okha Orhionmwon Oredo Ovia North-East Ovia South-West Owan East Owan West Uhunmwonde
Education	Universities Ambrose Alli University Benson Idahosa University Edo University Igbinedion University, Okada Mudiame University Samuel Adegboyega University University of Benin Wellspring University Polytechnics Auchi Polytechnic Edo State Polytechnic Usen Kings Polytechnic Shaka Polytechnic Colleges of education College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi College of Education, Ekiadolor Edo Technical College Secondary schools Edo College Federal Government Girls College, Benin Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi Presentation National High School
Healthcare	Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Teaching Hospital Stella Obasanjo Women and Children Hospital University of Benin Teaching Hospital See also: List of hospitals in Edo State
Mass media	Newspapers Nigerian Observer Prime 9ja Online Obaland Television Edo Broadcasting Service Nigerian Television Authority Africa Independent Television Independent Television Radio 88.1 90.5 92.3 92.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 95.7 96.9 97.3 100.1 101.5 105.5
Transportation	Benin Airport Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Tourist attractions	Landmarks Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin Benin City National Museum Holy Aruosa Cathedral Sports venues Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Parks Okomu National Park Ogba Zoo Reserves Okomu Forest Reserve Ohosu Game Reserve
Sport clubs	Edo Queens F.C. Bendel Insurance F.C. Bendel United F.C.
Culture	Igue festival Literature
Languages and dialects	Edo Edoid Esan Afenmai Enwan Ghotup Igwe Ikhin Ikpeshi Ivbiosakon Okpela Ososo Sasaru Uneme Akuku Oloma Okpe

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