Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The phras ...

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa I ...

in southern

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. 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 Obulom (Abuloma).

Geography

Port Harcourt local government area is included in the Greater Port Harcourt region. It is situated southeast of

Ahoada Ahoada (Ahuda, Ehuda) is a city in Orashi Region of Rivers State, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in ...

and about northwest of Bori. It is bounded to the south by

Okrika Okrika is an island in Rivers State, Nigeria, capital of the Local Government Area of the same name. The town is situated on an island south of Port Harcourt, making it a suburb of the much larger city. The average elevation of Okrika is 452 me ...

, to the east by Eleme, to the north by

Obio-Akpor Obio-Akpor is a local government area in the metropolis of Port Harcourt, one of the major centres of economic activities in Nigeria, and one of the major cities of the Niger Delta, located in Rivers State. The local government area covers 260& ...

and to the west by Degema. It has a total size of 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi).

Towns, urban communities and neighbourhoods

* Azuabie Town * Abuloma * Agip * 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.

Government

The local government area is part of the

Rivers East Senatorial district Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by George Thompson Sekibo (from the People's Democratic Party). District profile The Rivers East senatorial district h ...

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.

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: * Ezeonyekaibeya Orji Ogbu * Richard Okwosha Nzimiro * Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa * Francis Umelo Ihekwaba * David Nembe Ayaugbokor * Nnamdi Wokekoro * Azubuike Nmerukini * Chimbiko Akarolo * Charles Paul Ejekwu * Soni Sam Ejekwu * Philip Elemuwa Orlu * Lawrence Ezebunwo Igwe * Victor Ihunwo Nyeche

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.

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: * Staff School Abuloma *

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, Borokiri * Bereton Montessori Nursery and Primary School, Old GRA * Emarid College * Faith Baptist College, Old GRA * Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borokiri * Graceland International School, Elekahia * Greenoak International School, New GRA * Holy Rosary College, Old GRA * Halle College * Methodist Girls High School * Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma * Norwegian International School * Our Lady of Fatima College, Borokiri * St. Mary's Catholic Model High School * Starlets Academy, Old GRA * Stella Maris College * Stepping Stone Educational Centre * Tantua International Group of Schools * Doic Early Learning Centre, Elekahia * Randolph Group of Schools, Diobu PHC

Notable people

* Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike, current

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* Emmanuel C. Aguma, lawyer, Attorney General of Rivers State * Chibuike Amaechi, former

* Worgu Boms, lawyer *

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, model and fashion designer *

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, soccer player * Chinyere Igwe, political figure * Patience Jonathan (born 1957), former First Lady of Nigeria * Austin Opara, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria *

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, soccer player

References

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