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'''Tebu Community''' is an indigenous Itsekiri rural community of the Warri Kingdom in Nigeria. Tebu Community was founded by the Ijebu people who migrated to the area around the 11th century. It is located along the creek of Olero, Benin River in Warri North Local Government Area of present-day Delta State.
==History==
Tebu was the first Itsekiri settlement to be documented by the Europeans around the year 1500, by the Portuguese explorer '''Duarte Pacheco Pereira'''. In his work ''Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis'', Pereira wrote:
{{blockquote|By this channel towards the sea is a village called Teebuu and on the other side are some more villages.|Duarte Pacheco Pereira, ''Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis''}}
<ref>{{cite book |last=Pereira |first=Duarte Pacheco |title=Esmeraldo de situ orbis |translator=Kimble, George H. T. |year=1937 |publisher=Hakluyt Society |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57074/page/n176/mode/1up |pages=128–129 |access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref>
It sits in the Tebu ward of Warri North and Warri federal constituency.<ref name="Government of Nigeria - Niger Delta Development Commission Award Of Contract For The Construction Of Tebu-Gbokoda-Udo, Road Olero Creek Community Warri North L.G.A In Delta State">{{cite web |title=Award Of Contract For The Construction Of Tebu-Gbokoda-Udo, Road Olero Creek Community Warri North L.G.A In Delta State |url=https://nddcproject.nddc.gov.ng/projectdetails.aspx?pid=10360&pcid=1 |website=Niger Delta Development Commission |publisher=Federal government of Nigeria |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
==Geography== '''Tebu Community''' is located at latitude 5.846017 and longitude 5.110471. Tebu community is 11 meters/36.09 feet above sea level. Her border communities include Jakpa, Gbokoda, Deleoketa, Aja-metan and Udo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warrikingdom.org/brief-history-of-tebu-community-and-her-people/|title=Brief history of Tebu Community and Her People|date=September 17, 2021|website= warrikingdom.org}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==See also== *Warri
{{LGAs and communities of Delta State}}
Category:Warri Category:Communities of Warri Kingdom Category:Populated coastal places in Nigeria
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