Port Harcourt (local government area)

Port Harcourt
LGA
Country Nigeria
State Rivers State
Seat Port Harcourt
Area
 • Total 109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 638,360
 • Density 5,856.5/km2 (15,168/sq mi)
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

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.

Geography

Port Harcourt local government area is located 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Ahoada and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Bori. It is bounded to the south by Okrika, 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]

Neighbourhoods

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]

Demographics

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

List of Mayors of Port Harcourt

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Port Harcourt (local government area)". City population. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Wolpe, Howard (1974). Urban politics in Nigeria : a study of Port Harcourt. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 148. ISBN 0520024516.


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