Port Harcourt (local government area)

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Port Harcourt
LGA
Port Harcourt is located in Nigeria
Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt
Coordinates: 4°46′40″N 7°1′20″E / 4.77778°N 7.02222°E / 4.77778; 7.02222Coordinates: 4°46′40″N 7°1′20″E / 4.77778°N 7.02222°E / 4.77778; 7.02222
CountryNigeria
StateRivers State
SeatPort Harcourt
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanIhunda Allwell (PDP)
 • Deputy Local Government ChairmanTamunotonye Douglas (PDP)
 • Local Government CouncilWard 1: Precious Igwe (PDP)
Ward 2: Charles Nyesom Lumati (PDP)
Ward 3: Ezra Wachukwu (PDP)
Ward 4: Onuukwuru Amadi Opareli (PDP)
Ward 5: Agama Iyaye (PDP)
Ward 6: Johnbull Damiete (PDP)
Ward 7: Christian Iminabo (PDP)
Ward 8: Osaruchi Orlu (PDP)
Ward 9: Chimenem Olivia (PDP)
Ward 10: Ndubuisi Raymond Wechie (PDP)
Ward 11: Chinedu Ikunga (PDP)
Ward 12: Chima Nsiegbe (PDP)
Ward 13: Orlu Noble H. (PDP)
Ward 14: Okechukwu Igwe (PDP)
Ward 15: Queen Mcqueen (PDP)
Ward 16: Nyemachi Amadi (PDP)
Ward 17: Chigozie Woka (PDP)
Ward 18: Wopara Prince Wokoma (PDP)
Ward 19: Justice Boms (PDP)
Ward 20: Tamunoala Benjamin (PDP)
Area
 • Total109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total638,360
 • Density5,856.5/km2 (15,168/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a local government area of Rivers State in southern Nigeria. It is one of the 23 local government areas created for the state. Its administrative seat is located in Port Harcourt. Although the local government consists of two different ethnic groups the Ikwerre and Ogbulom (Abuloma).

Geography[]

Port Harcourt local government area is included in the Greater Port Harcourt region. It is situated 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Ahoada and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Bori. It is bounded to the south by , to the east by Eleme, to the north by Obio-Akpor and to the west by Degema. It has a total size of 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi).[1]

Towns, urban communities and neighbourhoods[]

  • Azuabie Town
  • Abuloma
  • Amadi Ama
  • Borokiri
  • Bundu Ama
  • D-line
  • Diobu
  • Eagle Island
  • Elekahia
  • Fimie Ama
  • Marine Base
  • New GRA
  • Nkpogu
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo
  • Ogbunabali
  • Old GRA
  • Old Port Harcourt Township
  • Oroabali
  • Oroada
  • Orochiri
  • Orogbum
  • Orolozu
  • Oromeruezimgbu
  • Oroworukwo
  • Oromineke
  • Ozuboko Ama
  • Rebisi
  • Rumukalagbor
  • Rumuobiekwe
  • Rumuwoji
  • Tere-Ama
  • Okuru-Ama

Demographics[]

The total population in the area was last recorded at 638,360 people in 2011 from 538,558 in 2006.[1]

Government[]

The local government area is part of the Rivers East Senatorial district consisting 20 electoral wards. The Mayor, who is the highest-ranking official in the Port Harcourt local government is elected by popular vote and presides as both head of wards and head of the local government council.[2]

Wards[]

  • Abuloma-Amadi Ama

(20)

  • Diobu (ward)
  • Elekahia (ward)
  • Mgbundukwu (1)
  • Mgbundukwu (2)
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo (ward)
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo (2)
  • Ochiri-Rumukalagbor
  • Ogbunabali (ward)
  • Oroabali (ward)
  • Orogbum (ward)
  • Oromineke-Ezimgbu
  • Oroworukwo (ward)
  • Port Harcourt Township
  • Port Harcourt Township VI
  • Port Harcourt VII
  • Rumuobiekwe (ward)
  • Rumuwoji (1)
  • Rumuwoji (2)
  • Rumuwoji (3)

List of mayors of Port Harcourt[]

The following list shows the mayors of Port Harcourt:

Education[]

Tertiary[]

Rivers State University currently has its main campus at Nkpolu Oroworukwo, although plans are in progress to relocate the institution to a new 524-acre (212 ha) site within the Greater Port Harcourt urban centre.[4]

Primary and secondary[]

Many private schools including some government schools are located in and around this area. Primary education in many cases starts at the age of 4 for majority of Riverians. Students spend five or six years in primary school and graduate with a school leaving certificate. At the secondary level, students spend six years, that is 3 years of JSS (Junior Secondary School), and 3 years of SSS (Senior Secondary School).

The following are primary (elementary) and secondary schools (high schools) operating within the Port Harcourt local government area:

Notable people[]

See also[]


References[]

  1. ^ a b "Port Harcourt (local government area)". City population. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b Wolpe, Howard (1974). Urban politics in Nigeria : a study of Port Harcourt. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 148. ISBN 0520024516.
  3. ^ "Full results of Rivers State local goment elections". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "About Rivers State University of Science and Technology". Ust.edu.ng. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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