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{{Short description|Town in Edo State, Nigeria}}
'''Usonigbe''' is the name of a town about 60 miles away from Benin City in [[Edo State]], Nigeria. Usonigbe is located in Orhionmwon LGA, Edo State. Urhonigbe is home to about 100,000 Binis or Edo indigenes and more. Usonigbe, also known as Urhonigbe, is one of the richest in culture in Edo State, which gave her the popularity she has as a town. The town comprises three major quatars ( Idun n' Okaro popularly known as Iduneka, Idun-Ehen and Idun Ogo which is headed by the senior Qatar called Idun ugha). Added to these three major quatars of the town are two other villages, the Urhomehe and the Ovbiebo Camp. Urhonigbe is traditionally headed by Okavbo, who can be any confirm headest citizen of the town.
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'''Urhonigbe''', also known as '''Usonigbe''', is a town about 60 miles away from Benin City in [[Edo State]], Nigeria. Urhonigbe is located in [[Orhionmwon]] LGA, Edo State. Urhonigbe, is one of the culturally rich and ancient town dominated by warriors during the Benin empire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adeyemi |first=Olajide |date=2022 |title=History of Urhonigbe |url=https://wap.org.ng/read/history-of-urhonigbe/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=wap.org.ng}}</ref>
 
== Clans ==
'''Usonigbe''' is the name of a town about 60 miles away from Benin City in [[Edo State]], Nigeria. Usonigbe is located in Orhionmwon LGA, Edo State. Urhonigbe is home to about 100,000 Binis or Edo indigenes and more. Usonigbe, also known as Urhonigbe, is one of the richest in culture in Edo State, which gave her the popularity she has as a town. The town comprises three major quatars ( Idun n' Okaro popularly known as Iduneka, Idun-Ehen and Idun Ogo which is headed by the senior Qatar called Idun ugha). Added to these three major quatars of the town are two other villages, the Urhomehe and the Ovbiebo Camp. Urhonigbe is traditionally headed by Okavbo, who can be any confirm headest citizen of the town.
 
== Festival ==
The [[Urhonigbe Festivals]] includes [[Izeki Festival]] which takes place at Urhonigbe in late February (1st 'moon' after the 12th moon) of every eighth year, The [[Igue Festival]] which takes place mild days of November month every year and The [[Ekaba Festival]] which is the most popular, it starts last two weeks of December and span across the year to end during the first week of the New year.
 
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== Reference ==
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[[Category:Populated places in Edo State]]
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