Ekpoma

Ekpoma is a town in Edo State, Nigeria, and the administrative headquarters of the Esan West Local Government Area. It is home to Ambrose Alli University and has an official post office. Wikipedia reports a population of over 290,000 people, divided into ten wards over a land area of 502 square kilometres, and places it with Uromi as one of the prime towns of the Esan people, who speak the Esan language. The Ekpoma kingdom consists of twelve villages or communities, with Eguare as the political headquarters where the palace of the Onojie, the hereditary king, stands, while Ihunmudumu is the ancestral headquarters and holds the Oto shrine. Most residents are Esan, and many work for the university, run small businesses, farm, trade or serve in the civil service. Health care combines traditional and orthodox medicine, with two general hospitals.