Ikwere

E376326

Ikwere is an ethnic group and language community primarily located in Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ikwere canonical 2
Ishekiri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
language ⓘ
language community ⓘ
cashCrops cassava ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
yam ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
bridewealth marriage system ⓘ
masquerade festivals ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Niger Delta ⓘ
economicActivity oil-related employment ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicCluster Igboid peoples ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Ikwerre people ⓘ
federalConstituency Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency ⓘ
geographicalEnvironment Niger Delta wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Niger Delta
language Ikwerre language ⓘ
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Igboid languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Emohua Local Government Area ⓘ
Ikwerre Local Government Area ⓘ
Obio/Akpor Local Government Area ⓘ
Port Harcourt City Local Government Area ⓘ
linked to: Port Harcourt
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
majorOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Ekpeye people ⓘ
Etche people ⓘ
linked to: Ikwerre people

Kalabari people ⓘ
Ogoni people ⓘ
Okrika people ⓘ
linked to: Ijaw people
primaryLocation Rivers State ⓘ
primaryRegion Rivers State ⓘ
region South–South Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: South-South Nigeria
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
state Rivers State ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalStructure council of elders ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration ⓘ
deity worship ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ikwerre → hasAlternativeName → Ikwere ⓘ
Itsekiri language → hasAlternativeName → Ishekiri ⓘ
linked to: Ikwere