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Eleme | |
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Coordinates: 4°47′15″N 7°8′37″E / 4.78750°N 7.14361°E | |
Country | Nigeria |
State | Rivers State |
Date created | 1996 |
Seat | Ogale |
Government | |
• Local Government Chairman | Obarilomate Ollor ( PDP) |
• Deputy Local Government Chairman | Virtue Ekee ( PDP) |
• Local Government Council | Ward 1: Victor Daddy Chickere (
PDP) Ward 2: Jerry Nwolu Ejor ( PDP) Ward 3: Josephine Obari ( PDP) Ward 4: Patience Dabor ( PDP) Ward 5: Freedom Lekwa ( PDP) Ward 6: Dominic Okolah Ollor ( PDP) Ward 7: Roberts Ogosu ( PDP) Ward 8: Isaac Obele-Chu ( PDP) Ward 9: Victor Goka ( PDP) Ward 10: Jima Daniel Chumu ( PDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 53 sq mi (138 km2) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 190,884 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( WAT) |
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Eleme is a local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria. [1] It is part of the Port Harcourt metropolitan city.
Eleme has its headquarters in the town of Ogale.[ citation needed] It covers an area of 138 km2 and at the 2006 Census had a population of 190,884. [2] The Eleme people are Eleme's main indigenous ethnic group. [3] Eleme LGA has two districts- Nchia and Odido and both administered under the Crown of the Oneh Eh Eleme ( King Of Eleme.) [4]
As explained in a book edited by Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh and others, the Eleme language, of the Cross-River branch of the larger Niger-Congo language family, [5] is the main spoken language. [6]
Eleme has two of Nigeria's four, as of 2005, petroleum refineries and one of Nigeria's busiest seaport and the largest seaport in West Africa located at Onne, a famous town with numerous industries. [7]
Eleme has ten major towns or principalities which they refer to as The Ten Kingdoms. Each of these towns has numerous clans, subclans and villages headed by a Paramount Ruler popularly known as Oneh Eh- Eta. Under it you have the traditional rulers and the chiefs whose affairs is to oversee smaller units of the traditionals. The ten major towns includes: