Uvwie

Uvwie is an Urhobo community in the western Niger Delta, near the Itsekiri country of Warri. Its settlements occupy the land behind a network of tidal rivers and creeks that lead towards the Atlantic. The Urhobo and their neighbours maintained distinct communities within a region linked by water and exchange. Warri’s rulers controlled important river trade in the early modern period, bringing the delta into contact with Portuguese and other overseas merchants.

The later city of Warri lies here.