| Official Name: | Eleme | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
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| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria#Africa | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Rivers State | ||||||
| Seat: | Ogale | ||||||
| Leader Title1: | Local Government Chairman | ||||||
| Leader Name1: | Obarilomate Ollor (PDP) | ||||||
| Leader Title2: | Deputy Local Government Chairman | ||||||
| Leader Name2: | Virtue Ekee (PDP) | ||||||
| Leader Title3: | Local Government Council | ||||||
| Leader Name3: | Ward 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) | ||||||
| Established Title: | Date created | ||||||
| Established Date: | 1996 | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 138 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 190,884 | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 500102 |
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. 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]
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]
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: