Warri

Warri
City
Warri Port
Nickname(s):  Waffi, Waff, Waff Town
Warri Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 5°31′N 5°45′E / 5.517°N 5.750°E / 5.517; 5.750
Country	Nigeria
State	Delta State
Local Government Area	Warri South LGA
Government
• Executive Governor	Sheriff Oborevwori
Population  (2016)[1]
• Urban	363,382
• Urban density	31,371.8/sq mi (12,112.73/km2)
• Metro	1,043,122
• Metro density	13,508.4/sq mi (5,215.61/km2)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Itsekiri, Urhobo, Ijaw
• Languages	Pidgin English, Itsekiri, Urhobo, and Ijaw
• Religions	95% Christianity, 3% African Traditions, 2% Islam
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. Dollar)
• Year	2023
• Total	$10.9 billion[2]
• Per capita	$11,100

The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri City is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri, Udu, Okpe and Uvwie are the commercial capital of Delta State with a population of over 311,970 people in 2006.^[3] The city is the indigenous territory of Itsekiri, Urhobo and Ijaw people.

Warri shares boundaries with Uvwie to the east, Udu to the south east, Ogbe-ijoh to the south, and other communities in Warri South LGA to the west.^[4] Due to its rapid population growth and linked roads, the city and its border towns e.g. Uvwie, Udu merged into a conurbation collectively referred as "Warri"

Warri sits on the bank of Warri River which joined Forcados River and Escravos River through Jones Creek in the lower Niger Delta Region. The city has a modern seaport which serves as the cargo transit point between the Niger River and the Atlantic Ocean for import and export.

Warri served as the capital of the colonial Warri Province during the early 1900s when this part of Delta State was under the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.^[5][6]