Mid-Western Region, Nigeria
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mid-Western Region was a division of Nigeria from 1963 to 1991, from 1976 being known as the Bendel state.
It was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin. It was renamed a province in 1966, and in 1967 when the other provinces were split up into several states, it remained territorially intact, becoming a state.
In 1976 it lost Ughelli to the new Delta state and was renamed Bendel. This was subdivided into Delta and Edo in 1991.
 |
This Nigeria location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
