Port Harcourt (local government area)

Port Harcourt
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Rivers State
Seat	Port Harcourt
Area
• Total	109 km^2 (42 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	638,360
• Density	5,856.5/km^2 (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

• Borokiri, Port Harcourt
• D-line, Port Harcourt
• Diobu, Port Harcourt
• Old GRA, Port Harcourt
• New GRA, Port Harcourt

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

• Richard Okwosha Nzimiro^[2]
• Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa
• Francis Umelo Ihekwaba
• Nnamdi Wokekoro
• Azubuike Nmerukini
• Chimbiko Akarolo

See also

• Local government areas of Rivers State
• List of cities and towns in Rivers State
• List of people from Port Harcourt

References

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