Tebu Community
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Tebu | |
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Community | |
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| Coordinates: 5°50′46″N 5°06′38″E / 5.846017°N 5.110471°E | |
| Country | Nigeria |
| State | Delta State |
| LGA | Warri North |
| Kingdom | Warri |
| Government | |
| • Olu of Warri | Ogiame Atuwatse III |
| • LGA Chairman | Hon. Festus Ashima |
| • Senator | Joel-Onowakpo Thomas |
| • House of Representatives Member | Chief Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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.
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:
By this channel towards the sea is a village called Teebuu and on the other side are some more villages.
— Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis
It sits in the Tebu ward of Warri North and Warri federal constituency.[2]
