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