# Tebu Community

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| subdivision_name3     = [Warri](/source/Kingdom_of_Warri)
| subdivision_name2     = [Warri North](/source/Warri_North)
| subdivision_name1     = [Delta State](/source/Delta_State)
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| leader_title          = [Olu of Warri](/source/Olu_of_Warri)
| leader_name           = [Ogiame Atuwatse III](/source/Ogiame_Atuwatse_III)
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| leader_name1          = Hon. Festus Ashima
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'''Tebu Community''' is an indigenous [Itsekiri](/source/Itsekiri) rural community of the [Warri Kingdom](/source/Warri_Kingdom) in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). Tebu Community was founded by the [Ijebu people](/source/Ijebu_people) who migrated to the area around the 11th century. It is located along the creek of Olero, Benin River in [Warri North](/source/Warri_North) Local Government Area of present-day [Delta State](/source/Delta_State).

==History==

Tebu was the first [Itsekiri](/source/Itsekiri_people) settlement to be documented by the Europeans around the year 1500, by the Portuguese explorer '''[Duarte Pacheco Pereira](/source/Duarte_Pacheco_Pereira)'''. In his work ''[Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis](/source/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](/source/Warri_North_(ward)) ward of [Warri North](/source/Warri_North) and [Warri](/source/Warri_(Nigerian_Federal_constituency)) 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](/source/Niger_Delta_Development_Commission) |publisher=[Federal government of Nigeria](/source/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](/source/Warri)

{{LGAs and communities of Delta State}}

Category:Warri
Category:Communities of Warri Kingdom
Category:Populated coastal places in Nigeria

{{deltaNG-geo-stub}}

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