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Okrika Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Okrika
Known for the Okrika Ijaw people and Okrika Jetty area. Fishing and oil industry support.
Okrika 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 Okrika LGA is Okrika.
The headquarters of Okrika Local Government Area is Okrika. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Okrika is 502501.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Okrika Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Okrika 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.
Okrika 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.
Okrika 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.