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Akuku-Toru Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Abonnema
Riverine Ijaw LGA on the Sombrero River, known for fishing, crude oil and the Abonnema kingdom.
Akuku-Toru Local Government Area is located in Rivers State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Rivers East senatorial district. The headquarters of Akuku-Toru LGA is Abonnema.
The headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area is Abonnema. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Abonnema is 502001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Akuku-Toru Local Government Area had a population of 127,000 people.
Akuku-Toru 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.
Akuku-Toru 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.
Akuku-Toru Local Government Area is in the Rivers East 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.