Rivers

Rivers

Basic data
Capital :	Port Harcourt
founded:	May 27, 1967
Governor :	Rotimi Amaechi
ISO 3166-2 :	NG-RI
surface
Area :	11,077 km²
Rank in Nigeria:	26th
population
Residents :	7,303,900 (2016)
Population density :	659 inhabitants / km² (2016)
Rank in Nigeria:	6th

Location of rivers in Nigeria

Rivers is a federal state in the West African country of Nigeria with the capital Port Harcourt , which is also the largest city in the state with 1,148,753 inhabitants (2005).

geography

The state is located in the south of the country and is bordered to the north by the state of Imo , to the northwest by the states of Anambra and Delta , to the northeast by the state of Abia , to the south by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west by the state of Bayelsa and to the east by the state Akwa Ibom . The state occupies much of the eastern Niger Delta . The Upper Orashi Forest Reserve was added to the list of Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention in 2008.

history

The state was formed on May 27, 1967. The first governor was Alfred Papapeye Diete-Spiff between May 28, 1967 and July 1975. Celestine Omehia has been the current governor since May 29, 2007 .

On October 1, 1996, part of the state was split off and has since formed the state of Bayelsa .

List of governors and administrators

Alfred Diete-Spiff (Governor 1968–1975)
Zamani Lekwot (Governor 1975–1978)
Suleiman Saida (Governor 1978–1979)
Melford Okilo (Governor 1979–1983)
BL Letimah (Governor 1984–1985)
Fidelis Oyakhilome (Governor 1985–1987)
Anthony S. Ukpo (Governor 1987–1988)
Ernest Adeleye (Governor 1988–1990)
Godwin Abbe (Governor 1990–1992)
Rufus Ada-George (Governor 1992–1993)
Dauda Komo (Administrator 1993–1996)
Musa Shehu (Administrator 1996–1998)
Sam Ewang (Administrator 1998–1999)
Peter Odili (Governor 1999-2007)

administration

The state is divided into 23 Local Government Areas . These are:

economy

The main source of income for the state is oil and gas production . The state accounts for around 40 percent of Nigeria's crude oil production. Rivers is one of the industrialized states in the country. There is a petroleum refinery and operations in the petrochemical , glass and metal processing industries and a number of breweries .

Web links

Rivers State Government Homepage