Delta State was created on August 27th 1991, out of the former Bendel State. The Bendel was derived from Benin and Delta, the two provinces that made up the former Midwest Region created by plebiscite in August I963 from the Western Region. When the military regime announced new states on May 27, 1967, the Midwest region become a State. The name was changed to Bendel in February 1976. In State Creation of 199|, the Asaba division of the old Benin province was added to the Delta province to make up Delta State

Delta State lies roughly between longitude 5.00′ and 6.45 East and latitude 5.00 and 6.30 North. The total land area of the state is |7.440sq km and about one third of this is swampy and waterlogged. Delta is bounded on the North by Edo State, and on the East by Anambra State on the south by Rivers and Bayelsa states. The Atlantic Ocean forms the Western boundary while the north East boundary is Ondo state. Delta is endowed with many rivers and waterways. The major rivers are the Niger, Ase, Forcados, Warri, Ethiope, Jamiesson. Benin, Escravos and Ossiomo.