Abraka
| Abraka Town | |
|---|---|
| Urban | |
Roundabout in Abraka Town
|
|
| Nickname(s): University Town | |
| Country |
 Nigeria
|
| State | Delta State |
| Government | |
| • Type | Monarchy |
| • Governor | Ifeanyi Okowa |
| • King | HRM AVM Lucky Ochuko Ararile (Rtd) Avwaeke 1 |
| Population | |
| • Religion | African Traditional Religion |
| Time zone | WAT |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20100529180918/http://www.abrakaonline.com:80/ |
Abraka, is one of the 25 Urhobo kingdoms in Delta state, Nigeria. Abraka is a town in Delta State, Nigeria. It is one of the main urhobo clan. It is mostly known as a university town and has the main campus of the Delta State University Located here. Abraka town is a favorite destination for domestic and international tourists. The Abraka beach is famous for its natural flowing spring water, and has sports recreational facilities for outdoor activities like canoeing, fishing, swimming, barbecue, picnicking.
The name Abraka is anglicised from the name Avwraka. Avwraka (Abraka) is one of the few Urhobo socio-political units whose predecessors did not live elsewhere among non-Urhobo ethnic group before settling in Urhoboland.
The Avwraka story of genealogical link with the royal descent group of Benin is an issue seen by most historian as merely conforming to the 'hankering after prestige'. Avwraka may actually have been a Prince in an Edo-speaking political group which emigrated and settled near other Urhobo people.
The contemporary main version of the historical traditions of Avwraka (Abraka) stats that before Avwraka died in Otorho-Avwraka, he had two sons called Aghwa and Ivie. These are the distant ancestors of Umiaghwa and Oruarivie of Avwraka today.
The main settlements of Avwraka(Abraka) today are :
The construction of link road to Sapele in 1901, increased the commercial activities and population in Avwraka. On 6 May 1978 the whole of Avwraka resolved to constitute themselves into a kingdom like most Urhobo kingdoms. They decided to have Chief David Oghenegueke Dafe as their Ovie (king) and Chief Joseph Ajarho Atagana from Umiaghwa as their Otota(spokesman). Recent historical development in Avwraka (Abraka) has re-introduced the much needed unity. Hence a firmly united Avwraka (Abraka) under one Ovie (king) and Speaker (otota), now forms a vital part of the Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State to which the polity has belonged since 1976. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Urhobo people.
Abraka has a tropical wet and dry climate, with a lengthy wet season and relatively constant temperatures throughout the course of the year. Abraka’s, wet season runs from March through October, though August sees somewhat of a lull in precipitation. This lull nearly divides the wet season into two different wet seasons. The remaining months forms the city’s dry season. Like a good portion of West Africa,Abraka experiences the harmattan between the months of November and February.
...
Wikipedia