Southern Ijaw
Southern Ijaw is a Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Oporoma in the north of the area at. The area has a coastline of approximately 60 km on the Bight of Benin.
The people and their language are known as Izon.
It has institutions like the Niger Delta University, the states airport in Amassoma and Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe. It is the home of Kolu United FC of Koluama II.
The first democratically elected governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha hailed from the area.
It has an area of 2,682 km² and a population of 319,413 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 560.
