Brass, Nigeria

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Brass
Brass is located in Nigeria
Brass
Brass
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°18′54″N 6°14′30″E / 4.31500°N 6.24167°E / 4.31500; 6.24167
Country Nigeria
StateBayelsa State
HeadquartersTwon-Brass
Government
 • TypeLGA
Area
 • Total1,404 km2 (542 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 census)
 • Total185,049
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix
562
ISO 3166 codeNG.BY.BR
Map

Brass is a Local Government Area[1] in Bayelsa State,[2] southern Nigeria.[3] Its headquarters are in the town of Twon-Brass on Brass Island along the coast, it has a coastline of approximately 90 km on the Bight of Bonny.[4] Much of the area of the LGA is occupied by the Edumanom National Forest.

It has an area of 1,404 km2 and a population[5] of 185,049 at the 2006 census.[6]

The postal code of the area is 562.[7] It is a traditional fishing village of the Nembe branch of the Ijo people, it became a slave-trading port for the state of Brass (Nembe) in the early 19th century. It was ruled by African[8] merchant "houses", which were encouraged by the European traders,[9] the state's chief slave-collecting centres (Brass and Nembe) often sent war canoes into the interior—especially through Igbo country—to capture slaves.[10]

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  5. ^ "population | Definition, Trends, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. ^ "census | Facts, Definition, Methods, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  7. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  8. ^ "Africa | History, People, Countries, Map, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  9. ^ Gertzel, Cherry (July 1962). "Relations between African and European Traders in the Niger Delta 1880–1896". The Journal of African History. 3 (2): 361–366. doi:10.1017/S0021853700003261. ISSN 1469-5138. S2CID 154994315.
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