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Asari-Toru Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Buguma
Known for Buguma, the seat of the Kalabari kingdom. Major Ijaw kingdom with rich cultural heritage.
Asari-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 Asari-Toru LGA is Buguma.
The headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area is Buguma. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Buguma is 502101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Asari-Toru Local Government Area had a population of 134,000 people.
Asari-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.
Asari-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.
Asari-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.