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Warri is a city in Nigeria. It is located in the present day Delta State, and has a population of 507,255. Warri people are of the Itsekiri, Urhobo, Ijaw and other ethnic groups. The city has various traditional rulers, one being the Olu of Warri. It must be noted that the Olu of Warri (Olu of Itsekiri prior to 1952) is not the ruler of Warri town as the name might suggest this has been a source of conflict in recent times between the Itsekiris who the Olu represent, the Ijaws, and the Urhobos the dominant tribe in Warri. Warri City has a local television and radio station, called Delta Rainbow Television Warri, and Delta state television, Radio Warri. The economic base of the city lies in the presence of oil and gas companies and a refinery. There is also the Delta Steel Company. Warri has a seaport and airport located at Osubi. Warri has a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 and a second division professional league football team.

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Warri is predominantly Christian, as is most of Southern Nigeria. The city also has a sizeable Muslim population, mainly immigrants from the prodiminantly Muslim North, Yoruba speaking South West and Afemai people of Northern Edo State.

In 1991, construction started on a standard gauge railway from the steel mills at Ajaokuta to the port of Warri, about 275km away. In 2006, the standard gauge lines had reached 329km in length, but the final 19km Warri section is still incomplete.

Transportation within the city is mainly by bus and motorcycle.

There have been a series of clashes between the Ijaw, Itsekiri and sometimes Urhobo tribes in Warri over sovereignty.

• Falling Rain map of Warri

Coordinates: 5°31′N, 5°45′E