{{Short description|Town in Delta State, Nigeria}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tuomo Town | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Tuom_Town_Water_Front.jpg | image_caption = Tuomo Town waterfront | coordinates = {{coord|5|06|33|N|5|52|44|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Nigeria | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nigeria | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Nigeria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Delta State | subdivision_type2 = Local Government Area | subdivision_name2 = Burutu | population_as_of = | population_total = | timezone = WAT | utc_offset = +1 }}
'''Tuomo Town''' is the headquarters of Tuomo Clan which is situated in present-day Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It lies along the Forcados River, popularly known by the Ijaws as Boloutoru. It is made up of three quarters, viz: Foukonou, Akerebunu and Ekeremobiri. Other towns that are in the same clan with Tuomo are: Bolou-Tebegbe and Bolou-Tamibge which later gave birth to Toru-Tebegbe and Toru-Tamigbe in their present settlement along the creek and Torugbene. Ogbobagbene was the youngest town moved out of Akerebunu in Tuomo to settle in the same creek before Toru-Tebegbe due to fishing.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
==Etymology== The etymology of the word Tuomo (Tuama) means 'grass town' and was the name accorded to the town due to it high level of grasses during the time of settlement.
== References == {{reflist}}
*{{cite web|last1=Igbekoyi|first1=Felix|title=Nigeria: 'Foukunou Canal Bridge in Delta to Connect Bayelsa'|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201407251110.html|website=Daily Independent (Lagos)|publisher=Allafrica|date=25 July 2014}} *{{cite news|title=Tuomo community lauds FG over skills acquisition centre - Vanguard News|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/tuomo-community-lauds-fg-over-skills-acquisition-centre/|accessdate=19 April 2017|work=Vanguard News|agency=Vanguard|publisher=Vanguard|date=17 June 2010}} *{{cite web|last1=Anthony|first1=Akpela|title=Tuomo Town|url=https://web.facebook.com/tuomofederatedcommunity/?_rdc=1&_rdr|website=web.facebook.com|publisher=Anthony Akpela|accessdate=19 April 2017|language=en}} *Arthur Ebikefe. The C.E.O of {{Cite web|url=https://swaghood.blogspot.com|title=swaghood.blogspot.com|website=swaghood.blogspot.com}}
Category:Towns in Delta State