Back شعب أورهوبو Arabic شعب اورهوبو ARZ Urhobos Catalan Pueblo urhobo Spanish Urhobo (peuple) French Mutanen Urhobo Hausa Urhobo people IG Урхобо халкь LBE Урхобо Macedonian Урхобовлӓ MRJ
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| Total population | |
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| c. 7 million[citation needed] (est.) | |
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| Isoko, Esan, Afemai, Ijaw |
The Urhobos are people located in southern Nigeria,[1] near the northwestern Niger Delta.[2]
The Urhobos are the major ethnic groups in Delta State. The Urhobos speak the Urhobo language.[1] Their population is approximately 7 million.[3]
The Urhobo people live in a territory bounded by latitudes 6° and 5°, 15° North and Longitudes 5°, 40° and 6°, 25° East[clarification needed] in the Delta and Bayelsa States of Nigeria. Their neighbors are the Isoko to the southeast, the Itsekiri and Ijaw to the west, the Edo people to the north, the Ijaw to the south and the Ukwuani people to the northeast.[4]
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