Tebu Community


Tebu Community is an indigenous Itsekiri rural community of the Warri Kingdom in Nigeria. Tebu Community was founded by the Ijebu people who migrated to the area around the 11th century. It is located along the creek of Olero, Benin River in Warri North Local Government Area of present-day Delta State.

History

Tebu was the first Itsekiri settlement to be documented by the Europeans around the year 1500, by the Portuguese explorer Duarte Pacheco Pereira. In his work Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, Pereira wrote:

It sits in the Tebu ward of Warri North and Warri federal constituency.

Geography

Tebu Community is located at latitude 5.846017 and longitude 5.110471. Tebu community is 11 meters/36.09 feet above sea level. Her border communities include Jakpa, Gbokoda, Deleoketa, Aja-metan and Udo.