| Among the ethnic groups or regions selected to exemplify these roles are the Asante, Kuba, Fante, Benin kingdom, Okpella, Isoko, Baule, Igbo, Fon, and Lamu Island. |
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| The state is inhabited by the Igbo people in the east, the Edo in the north, and the Itsekiri, Urhobo, Isoko, and Ijo in the south and west. |
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| This densely settled coastal region on the Gulf of Guinea is home to the Isoko tribe. |
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| The term Sobo is used by ethnographers as a cover term for both the Urhobo and their neighbours, the Isoko, but the two groups remain distinct from each other. |
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| The two towns, which are the seats of the local governments of Isoko North and Isoko South, are only five kilometres apart and are gradually merging to form one large town. |
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