Owan West is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. It is one of the six Local Government of Edo north which are collectively referred to as Afemai. It headquarters is in the town of Sabongida Ora. Owan West Local Government Area was created from the defunct Bendel State on the 27th August, 1991.
Geography of Owan West
Owan West Local Government Area occupies a Landmass of about 827.93 square kilometres. It lies along on Latitude 6°East of Greenwich Meridian and Latitude 7° North of Equator. The distance between the Local Government Area and the State Capital, Benin City is 120 kilometres. It is bounded in the North by Owan East Local Government Area and in the South by Ovia Northwest and by Ondo State.
