Owan-East is bordered in the north by Akoko-Edo LGA, in the east by Etsako-West LGA, at the west is Ekiti State, and at the southwest by Owan-West LGA, while in the South are Esan Central LGA and Uhunmwonde LGA.

The sister Local government Area is Owan West with Its headquarters at town of Sabongidda Ora. It is made up of 4 clans which are; Ozalla,Ora,Iuleha and Sobe. It has an area of 283 sq mi(732 km²) and a population of 97,388 at the 2006 census.The estimated population today should be above 150,000.

About Owan East

Owan East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The headquarters is in the town of Afuze-Emai.The Owan East Local Government Area comprises 69 towns/villages made up of eight clans (Emai, Igue, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ivbi-Ada-Obi, Otuo and Uokha).
Here again,some elders have pointed out that,Ikhin,Ivbiaro,Erah and Warrake are now Independent clans. I however disagreed because,clans in Owan are mostly based on family lineages. Yes,you can develop your own home from your father’s own but you will forever remain the son of your father. No grade of political fragmentation can eradicate your true paternity. Even if Owan becomes a state and every town a local government area,we can never forget that Owan started as Uman-igbeva.

How We Got Our Name

River Owan is the largest and longest river in Owanland which comprises two local Government Areas; Owan West and Owan East. Oral tradition has it that the name Onwan is the abbreviation of Onwanbua. This name literally interpreted means,’ one who makes people increase in wealth. The name itself is connotative as the person that bore the name was a beautiful damsel from Uhonmora,from Ora clan. She was alleged to be a very hardworking trader in domestic wares. She eventually met and fell in love with an Otuo man and got married to him in Otuo. Her marriage did not in anyway stopped her business. She continued trading and became quite rich due to her hard work and industry. The story goes on to say that,tried as much as they could,she and her husband could not bear children. It was her beloved husband that passed away first and this left her seriously grief-stricken. She could not be comforted and she took ill. It was clear she was abandoned by her in-laws because in those days,a barren woman is seen as cursed let alone a barren woman whose husband died mysteriously. After a period of protracted illness and painful abandonment,she died alone in the confines of her house. It was the custom in those days to return the corpse of a dead Uhonmora woman to her people after demise. In her own case,her corpse was not returned as was the custom. As the corpse decomposed, it turned into a spring spiritually cleansed and patriotically moved towards her hometown in Ora,beginning as Usobua stream at Iyeu in Otuo and finding its way through appropriate lowlands before arriving Uhonmora village (Ora) its “homeland” in great volume where-after it bade farewell and flowed to join river Ose. The people of Uhonmora village deified her and all inhabitants of the village were forbidden to eat any type of fish from the Owan river. Whenever the people confront a problem, they offer sacrifices to the goddess of the Owan River. The Otuo people themselves also accord the river some veneration. They too do not fish from it and there are certain days they do not go to the river to fetch water. The people of Uhonmora regard her as their mother and they depend on her for protection, one suspects she stood for more than what she is remembered for today particularly because she is revered by both males and females in Uhonmora,That tradition of Onwanbua has survived in ora community is indeed quite remarkable. Be that as it may, we may not fully lose sight of the probability that the river, a geographical phenomenon, could pre-date both Ora and Otuo, which are respectively under 600 and 500 year old. The fact that other streams or rivers have no such history in their origin and that streams or rivers do not necessarily spring up- at the creation of planet-earth need not rubbish the myth about Onwanbua. In the time when there were no pipe-borne water,River and streams are what sustained the Owan people and none more than the dryless River Owan hence its importance to all Owan people. River Owan became to Owanland what River Nile was to ancient Egypt. It was no wonder therefore that the Owan people never objected to be identified by this River. We have different clans but it is the name Owan,derived from River Owan that most eloquently make the statement that Owan people are one people.

It has an area of 480 sq mi ( 1,240 km² ) and a population of 154,385 persons (81,847 males and 72,538 females) at the 2006 census. The estimated population today is beyond 200,000.

Ihievbe

Ihievbe (also spelled Sebe or Isebe) is a town in Owan East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria, Africa with a population of approximately 50,000 people. Geographically, it is between Auchi and Afuze. The name Ihievbe is commonly misspelled in maps and some other literature as Sebe or Isebe. The people of Ihievbe speak the Ihievbe language,[1] a dialect of Edoid as the native language, and English as the common language.[2] Ihievbe are Afemai people. As with the rest of Nigeria, there are two main religions, Christian and Muslim. The subsistence of the people from Ihievbe is mostly based on agriculture and animal husbandry.