Eleme, Nigeria

Eleme
LGA
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
 • Total
53 sq mi (138 km2)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
190,884
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Map

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

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

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

  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.

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