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Emohua Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Emohua
Known for the Ikwerre people and palm oil farming. Agricultural LGA west of Port Harcourt.
Emohua 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 Emohua LGA is Emohua.
The headquarters of Emohua Local Government Area is Emohua. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Emohua is 501201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Emohua Local Government Area had a population of 165,000 people.
Emohua 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.
Emohua 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.
Emohua 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.