Rivers State

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Location
Rivers State State nickname: Treasure Base of the Nation

Statistics
Governor (List)	Peter Odili (PDP)
Date Created	27 May 1967
Capital	Port Harcourt
Area	11,077 km² Ranked 26th
Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate	Ranked N/A N/A 5,689,087
ISO 3166-2	NG-RI

Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Port Harcourt. It is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Anambra, Imo and Abia States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states. Igbo language is predominant in this coastal state.

The inland part of Rivers state consists of tropical rainforest; towards the coast the typical river delta environment features many mangrove swamps.

Rivers state was part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 till 1893, when it became part of the Niger Coast Protectorate. In 1900 the region was merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company to form the colony of Southern Nigeria.

The state was formed in 1967 with the split of the Eastern Region of Nigeria. Until 1996 the state contained the area which is now in the Bayelsa State.

[edit] Administrative Divisions

Rivers State is divided into twenty-three LGAs:

Abua-Odual
Ahoada-East
Ahoada-West
Akuku-Toru
Andoni
Asari-Toru
Bonny
Degema
Eleme
Emuoha
Etche
Gokana
Ikwere
Khana
Obio/Akpor
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni
Ogo-Bolo
Okrika
Omumma
Opobo/Nkoro
Oyigbo
Port-Harcourt
Tai

[edit] External links

official Rivers State Government website

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