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Ahoada East Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Ahoada
Known for palm oil and the Ekpeye people. Important agricultural LGA in western Rivers State.
Ahoada East Local Government Area is located in Rivers State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Rivers West senatorial district. The headquarters of Ahoada East LGA is Ahoada.
The headquarters of Ahoada East Local Government Area is Ahoada. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ahoada is 501001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ahoada East Local Government Area had a population of 197,000 people.
Ahoada East Local Government Area was created in 1991 as part of the national local government reforms. Nigeria has had several rounds of LGA creation — 1976, 1991, and 1996 — which expanded the total from 301 to the current 774 LGAs.
Ahoada East Local Government Area is in Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Port Harcourt. Rivers State has 23 Local Government Areas in total.
Ahoada East Local Government Area is in the Rivers West senatorial district of Rivers State. This district is represented by a senator in the Nigerian National Assembly. Each senatorial district in Nigeria comprises several LGAs and elects one senator for a four-year term.