Eleme, Nigeria

Eleme
Eleme is located in Nigeria
Eleme
Eleme
Eleme is located in Africa
Eleme
Eleme
Coordinates: 4°47′15″N 7°8′37″E / 4.78750°N 7.14361°E / 4.78750; 7.14361
CountryNigeria
StateRivers State
Date created1996
SeatOgale
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanObarilomate Ollor (PDP)
 • Deputy Local Government ChairmanVirtue Ekee (PDP)
 • Local Government CouncilWard 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
 • Total53 sq mi (138 km2)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total190,884
Time zoneUTC+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]

Climate/Geography

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Eleme LGA is made up of numerous rivers and tributaries and has a total size of 138 square kilometers. The local government region experiences 3,250 mm of precipitation annually, with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.[8][9]

Towns and villages in Eleme Local government

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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:

  1. Agbonchia
  2. Akpajo
  3. Alesa
  4. Aleto
  5. Alode
  6. Ebubu
  7. Ekporo
  8. Eteo
  9. Ogale
  10. Onne

References

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  1. ^ Environment, U. N. (2017-09-21). "About Ogoniland". UNEP - UN Environment Programme. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ "An Assessment of the Socio-economic Effects ofLand Use Trends and Population Growth in Eleme, Rivers State, Nigeria" (PDF). International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research. 11.
  3. ^ "Map - Eleme - MAP[N]ALL.COM". www.mapnall.org. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  4. ^ Nlebem, Anthony (2019-07-21). "How Wike moved fast to avert bloodshed in selection of new Eleme monarch". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  5. ^ Anderson, Gregory D. S. (2006) "Appendix: Classification of Languages Used in Database for Study" Auxiliary verb constructions Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, page 400, ISBN 0-19-928031-2
  6. ^ Udoh, Imelda Icheji Lawrence (editor) (2003) The languages of the South-South zone of Nigeria: a geo-political profile Concept Publications, Lagos, Nigeria, pages 85, 87, ISBN 978-8065-27-9
  7. ^ Udogu, Emmanuel Ike (2005) Nigeria in the twenty-first century: strategies for political stability and peaceful coexistence Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey, page 72, ISBN 1-59221-319-7
  8. ^ "Eleme Local Government Area". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  9. ^ "Eleme, Nigeria Weather Conditions | Weather Underground". www.wunderground.com. Retrieved 2024-08-10.