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Etche Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Okehi
Known for palm oil, cassava and the Etche Igbo people. Agricultural LGA in northern Rivers.
Etche Local Government Area is located in Rivers State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Rivers North senatorial district. The headquarters of Etche LGA is Okehi.
The headquarters of Etche Local Government Area is Okehi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Okehi is 500001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Etche Local Government Area had a population of 231,000 people.
Etche 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.
Etche 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.
Etche Local Government Area is in the Rivers North 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.