Emohua
Emohua | |
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LGA and town | |
Emohua Location in Nigeria | |
Coordinates: 4°53′0″N 6°52′0″E / 4.88333°N 6.86667°ECoordinates: 4°53′0″N 6°52′0″E / 4.88333°N 6.86667°E | |
Country | Nigeria |
State | Rivers State |
Date created | 1991 |
Seat | Emohua Town |
Government | |
• Local Government Chairman | Lloyd Chidi (PDP) |
• Deputy Local Government Chairman | Nyeche Edna (PDP) |
• Local Government Council | Ward 1: Promise Alison (PDP) Ward 2: Gift Enyi (PDP) Ward 3: Wodu Achinike (PDP) Ward 4: Obichukwu Chinda (PDP) Ward 5: Henry Eferebo (PDP) Ward 6: Love Nyenke (PDP) Ward 7: Emenike Wokoma (PDP) Ward 8: Bright Green (PDP) Ward 9: Sylvanus Ekwueme Dike (PDP) Ward 10: Clement Dimkpa (PDP) Ward 11: Beauty Ogbuji (PDP) Ward 12: Kingsley Oba (PDP) Ward 13: Andrew Uchendu (PDP) Ward 14: Success Okporo (PDP) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Emohua is a local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Emohua.
Emohua consists of fourteen political wards. Emohua LGA has fertile land that favours primary production such as farming. The presence of water bodies gives room for activities of primary production such as sand dredging and fishing. Furthermore, the presence, popularity and proximity of it’s markets favour secondary production such as oil milling, cassava processing rice processing, meat processing (abattoir) and wood milling.
It has an area of 831 km2 (321 sq mi) and a population of 201,901 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 511.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
Categories:
- Local Government Areas in Rivers State
- Populated places in Rivers State
- 1991 establishments in Nigeria
- 1990s establishments in Rivers State
- Rivers State geography stubs