Back Brass (distrito sa Nigyeriya) CEB Brass (Nigeria) Spanish Brass FF Brass (Nigeria) French Brass Hausa Brass (Nigeria) Italian Brass Portuguese Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Brass Yoruba Brass (Nigeria) ZH-MIN-NAN
Brass | |
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  Brass Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 4°18′54″N 6°14′30″E / 4.31500°N 6.24167°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Bayelsa State |
| Headquarters | Twon-Brass |
| Government | |
| • Type | LGA |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,404 km2 (542 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 census) | |
| • Total | 185,049 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| 3-digit postal code prefix | 562 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.BY.BR |
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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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- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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- ^ 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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