| Capital: |
Port
Harcourt |
| Area: |
7,627.20sq
kilometres |
| Population: |
5,095,088
(1997 FOS est.) |
| Language: |
Ikwerre,
Ijaw, Kana, Gokana... |
Location
The capital, Port
Harcourt, is the nerve centre of the famous
Nigerian Oil industry and over ninety industrial
concerns, including the Shell Petroleum
Development Company of (Nigeria) Limited, AGIP,
Texaco, Elf, NPRC, Michelin, West African Glass
Industry, Alcan Aluminium, Metaloplastica,
Risonpalm, NAFCON, Pabod Breweries, to mention a
few.
Due to its
beautiful layout and peculiar topography, Port
Harcourt, christened "Garden City", is
accessible by road, rail, air and sea. Apart
from being a railway terminus and having one of
the busiest airports in Nigeria, Port Harcourt
has the unique natural advantage of being the
nation's second largest sea port with another
sea port, the Ocean Terinal at Onne, a stone's
throw from it.
People
Rivers State with
a population of about three million people
occupies an area of 21,850 sq. km. With two
thirds of it in the Niger Delta geographical
terrain. The dominant ethnic groups are Ijwa,
Ikwere, Etche, Ogoni, and Ogba/Egbema. Ijaw and
Ikwerre are the most spoken languages although
pidgin English is widely used in radio and
television broadcasts.
Contact
State
Liason Office:
Plot 1221B, Bishop Oluwole Street.
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tel: 01-617537.
