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Gokana Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Kpor
Ogoni LGA known for the MOSOP movement and Ken Saro-Wiwa. Centre of Ogoni environmental activism.
Gokana Local Government Area is located in Rivers State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Rivers South East senatorial district. The headquarters of Gokana LGA is Kpor.
The headquarters of Gokana Local Government Area is Kpor. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Kpor is 503301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Gokana Local Government Area had a population of 230,000 people.
Gokana 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.
Gokana 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.
Gokana Local Government Area is in the Rivers South 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.