{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Owan West |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|LGA]] |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize= |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Nigeria}} |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria|State]] |subdivision_name1 =[[Edo State]] |subdivision_type2 =Capital |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 732 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of =2006 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone =[[West Africa Time|WAT]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-marker = village |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Owan West''' is a [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|Local Government Area]] of [[Edo State]], [[Nigeria]]. Its headquarter is in the town of Sabongida Ora.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-03-31|title=Edo communal clash paralyses activities as police deploy personnel|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/edo-communal-clash-paralyses-activities-as-police-deploy-personnel/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-07-09|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}</ref> It had an area of 732 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 97,388 at the 2006 census.
The [[postal code]] of the area is 313.<ref>{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx | archivedate = 2012-11-26 }}</ref>
==Wedding customs== '''Wedding List''' is the list given to the intending groom looking to marry a woman from Sabongida Ora (Owan West). Everything on the list is to be purchased and presented at the traditional wedding ceremony (this is to be fixed and agreed on before the list is given)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Media |date=2022-04-15 |title=History Of Owan West LGA, Edo State |url=https://www.medianigeria.com/history-of-owan-west-lga-edo-state/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Media Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}. The contents of the list vary based on the family head, the standard however are:
#Bride's [[dowry]] (depends on the head of the family) # Suitcase of clothes # An umbrella # A small basin of [[Egusi|egusi seeds]] # Twenty-one tubers of [[Yam (vegetable)|yam]] # One smoked/dried antelope # Twenty-one [[Kola nut|kola-nuts]] (double lobed) # One large dried fish # Twenty-one pieces of [[Bitter Kola|bitter kola]] # A keg of [[palm wine]] # Twenty-one pieces of [[alligator pepper]] # Two bottles of [[schnapps]] # Two bottles of [[Gin|dry gin]] # Two kegs of [[palm oil]] (25 litres) # Two bags of salt # One [[She-Goat|she-goat]] # A bottle of honey # A packet of sugar # Two cartons of beer # Two cartons of malt drink # Two crates each of 3 different [[Soft drink|soda drinks]] i.e. Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite etc.
*Idegbe #500 (depends on family) *Igele #500 (depends on family) *Erahoin #1,000 (depends on family) *Iyanhoin #500 (depends on family)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Media |date=2022-04-15 |title=History Of Owan West LGA, Edo State |url=https://www.medianigeria.com/history-of-owan-west-lga-edo-state/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Media Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Towns and Villages ==
Owan West is made up of three districts which houses several villages. the districts and some of the villages are listed below: District of Iuleha -: Aropo, Avbiognula, Avbiosi, Eruere, Ikpeyan, Iloje, Ivbiodohen, Oah, Obii camp, Ogha Okpuje and so on; District of Ora -: Eme-ora, Igho-usie, Ikpafolame, Ogakha, Ogbeturu, Oke, Orbiogharin, Evibobe ora, Sobe, Uhomora and so on; District of Ozalla-: Ozalla.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Media |date=2018-04-19 |title=List Of Towns And Villages In Owan West L.G.A, Edo State |url=https://www.medianigeria.com/list-of-towns-and-villages-in-owan-west-l-g-a-edo-state/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Media Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Economy == The crops grown in the local government includes-: Yams, [[Maize]], [[Cassava]], [[Cooking banana|Plantain]], [[Cocoa bean|Cocoa]]. According to the 1952 World Bank survey, part of our natural resources are petrol gas, black clay for ceramic industry, natural lakes for fish industry, timber and others. Owan West local government also hosts a number of market such as Evibobe market, Uhonmora market, Ikhin Market, Eme market, Uzebba market and Ozalla market.
== Festivals == There are several festivals celebrated in Owan West Local Government Area, which include; Obazu festival-: Obazu festival is held among the Aomas of Iuleha which is strictly restricted to men folks, [https://www.edoworld.net/OHONMOIMEN_FESTIVAL_OF_IULEHA.html Ohonomoimen festival of luleha] (Owan/Oras clan,
[https://www.edoworld.net/IVBAMEN_OR_ORORUEN_FESTIVAL_OF_OZALLA.html Ivbamen or Ororuen festival of Ozalla] in Owan West, [https://edoworld.net/ORIMINYAN_FESTIVAL.html Oriminyan festival of oguta-Evbiame] (Owan/Ora) clan.
''Economy and Occupation''<ref>{{Cite book |first=John |last=Howison |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1084238952 |title=Sketches of Upper Canada, domestic, local, and characteristic : to which are added practical details for the information of emigrants of every class, and some recollections of the United States of America |date=1822 |publisher=Oliver & Boyd |isbn=0-665-16572-2 |oclc=1084238952}}</ref>{{page needed|date=September 2022|reason=Most of this book would be about Canada, surely?}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{LGAs and communities of Edo State}}
[[Category:Local government areas in Edo State]]