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Port Harcourt Local Government Area
Rivers State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Port Harcourt
Nigerias oil capital and fourth largest city. Home to major oil companies and the Garden City lifestyle.
Port Harcourt 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 Port Harcourt LGA is Port Harcourt.
The headquarters of Port Harcourt Local Government Area is Port Harcourt. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Port Harcourt is 500001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Port Harcourt Local Government Area had a population of 1,382,592 people.
Port Harcourt Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Port Harcourt 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.
Port Harcourt 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.