Eleme is a
local government area in
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 ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. It is part of the
Port Harcourt metropolitan city. It covers an area of 138 km
2 and at the 2006
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
had a population of 190,884. The
Eleme people The Eleme people are one of the various groups of indigenous peoples that inhabit the Niger Delta region of South-South Nigeria.
Location
The Eleme people live in ten major towns situated in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, around 20& ...
are Eleme's main indigenous ethnic group.
The
Eleme language
Eleme is a language spoken by Eleme people in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Eleme language was originally divided into two mutual dialects of Nchia and Odido. Nchia spoken in six communities of Agbonchia, Akpajo, Alesa, Aleto, Alode and Ogal ...
, of the Cross-River branch of the larger
Niger-Congo language family, is the main spoken language.
Eleme has two of Nigeria's four, as of 2005,
petroleum refineries and one of Nigeria's busiest seaport and the largest seaport in West Africa located at
Onne, a famous town with numerous industries.
[Udogu, Emmanuel Ike (2005) ''Nigeria in the twenty-first century: strategies for political stability and peaceful coexistence'' Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey]
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References
External links
{{Greater Port Harcourt
Local Government Areas in Rivers State
Geography of Port Harcourt
1996 establishments in Nigeria
1990s establishments in Rivers State