Okrika
Sign in to saveOkrika is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, Nigeria, with Okrika town serving as its administrative headquarters. Okrika LGA is one of the 10 ijaw LGAs in Rivers State. It lies within the Rivers East Senatorial District and shares boundaries with Eleme LGA to the north and east, Ogu/Bolo LGA to the south, and Port Harcourt LGA to the west.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Okrika
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Okrika Island.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of part of Okrika mainland (foreground) and island (background)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rivers State
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vacant
- Settlement.leader_title1
- LGA Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Achese Igwe
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Deputy LGA Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Charity Igbulubo (PDP)
- Settlement.leader_title3
- Wards
- Settlement.leader_name3
- Ward 1: Gilbert Wakama (PDP)Ward 2: I Ibinabo Williams (PDP)Ward 3: Otonye Titus (PDP)Ward 4: Hebron Nyanabo (PDP)Ward 5: Paul Godwill Abam (PDP)Ward 6: Tomquin Sobere (PDP)Ward 7: Joshua Tomquin JP (PDP)Ward 8: Tamunokuro Fubara George (PDP)Ward 9: Prince Godwin Bipialaka (PDP)Ward 10: Reuben Iselema (PDP)Ward 11: Virginia Fimie (PDP)Ward 12: Royal Clifford Ateke (PDP)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_est
- 379000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 201351
- Area
- 222
- Image
- Okrika Island.jpg
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- Okrika
- postal code
- 500103
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Article
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- Socio-cultural organisation
- List of towns and villages in Wakirike Kingdom
- Autonomous Communities
- Structure and Function of Autonomous Communities
- Language
- Religion
- Government
- Economic
- Environmental problems
- References
Okrika is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, Nigeria, with Okrika town serving as its administrative headquarters. Okrika LGA is one of the 10 ijaw LGAs in Rivers State. It lies within the Rivers East Senatorial District and shares boundaries with Eleme LGA to the north and east, Ogu/Bolo LGA to the south, and Port Harcourt LGA to the west.
As of 2022, the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board estimated the population of Okrika LGA at over 379,000, distributed across 143 communities.
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