Ubiaja
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Ubiaja is a community in the Esan South-East
Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State
, Nigeria
. It is at an altitude of 221 m. Most of the people belong to the Esan
tribe, one of the major ethnic groups in Edo State.
Ubiaja is in a rain forest region, with 1800 millimetres (70.9 in) to 2000 millimetres (78.7 in) of rainfall each year. The red soil is fertile and many of the people farm crops such as yam, cassava and beans, or cash crops including oil palm, cocoa and rubber. The date of Ubiaja's founding is not known, but the kingdom of which it was the capital was founded in 1463 by immigrants from the Benin Empire
. The town is said to have been founded by a man called Edeikholor, treasurer of the Bini empire during the reign of Ewuare the Great. The name may be a variant of "obiaza", meaning treasurer, or may come from "obize", a type of fish that helped Edeikholor cross a stream, a fish which the people of Ubiaja still abstain from eating.
Esan South-East
Esan South East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ubiaja.It has an area of 1,306 km² and a population of 167,721 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 311....
Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State
Edo State
Edo State is an inland state in central southern Nigeria. Its capital is Benin City. It is bounded in the north and east by Kogi State, in the south by Delta State and in the west by Ondo State.-History:...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. It is at an altitude of 221 m. Most of the people belong to the Esan
Esan
Esan is one of the major ethnic groups in Edo State, South-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria.-Name:It is believed by many historians that the name 'Esan' owes its origin to Bini...
tribe, one of the major ethnic groups in Edo State.
Ubiaja is in a rain forest region, with 1800 millimetres (70.9 in) to 2000 millimetres (78.7 in) of rainfall each year. The red soil is fertile and many of the people farm crops such as yam, cassava and beans, or cash crops including oil palm, cocoa and rubber. The date of Ubiaja's founding is not known, but the kingdom of which it was the capital was founded in 1463 by immigrants from the Benin Empire
Benin Empire
The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey.-Origin:...
. The town is said to have been founded by a man called Edeikholor, treasurer of the Bini empire during the reign of Ewuare the Great. The name may be a variant of "obiaza", meaning treasurer, or may come from "obize", a type of fish that helped Edeikholor cross a stream, a fish which the people of Ubiaja still abstain from eating.