Everything about Rivers State totally explained
Rivers State is one of the 36 states of
Nigeria. Its capital is
Port Harcourt. It is bounded on the South by the
Atlantic Ocean, to the North by
Imo and
Abia States, to the East by
Akwa Ibom State and to the West by
Bayelsa and
Delta states.
The inland part of Rivers state consists of tropical rainforest; towards the coast the typical
Niger Delta environment features many mangrove swamps.
Rivers state was part of the
Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 till 1893, when it became part of the
Niger Coast Protectorate. In 1900 the region was merged with the chartered territories of the
Royal Niger Company to form the colony of
Southern Nigeria.
The state was formed in
1967 with the split of the
Eastern Region of Nigeria. Until
1996 the state contained the area which is now in the
Bayelsa State.
Administrative Divisions
Rivers State is divided into twenty-three Local Government Areas (LGAs):
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