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Omuma Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Omuma
Small LGA known for the Omuma people and palm oil farming in northern Rivers State.
Omuma 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 Omuma LGA is Omuma.
The headquarters of Omuma Local Government Area is Omuma. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Omuma is 500201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Omuma Local Government Area had a population of 89,000 people.
Omuma Local Government Area was created in 1996 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.
Omuma 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.
Omuma 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.