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departmental heads. In addition to governmental leadership, traditional institutions, including rulers and chiefs, play a role in governance. Committees may also be established to address specific local issues. Ughelli's governance structure operates under the
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Ughelli's latitude and longitude coordinates are: 5.500187, 5.993834. It is a town in
Southern Nigeria and the oldest kingdom of the 24 kingdoms of the Urhobo people. Ughelli is located in close proximity to the floodplains of the West Niger Delta river, and is surrounded by neighbouring communities
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in search of his own kingdom first settlement was at
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