Rivers State

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state in Nigeria

Rivers State is a major oil-producing state in southern Nigeria, known for its capital Port Harcourt and its central role in the country’s petroleum and petrochemical industries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rivers State canonical 156
Rivers State Government 2
Rivers State, Nigeria 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borderedBy Abia State ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bayelsa State ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Imo State ⓘ
capital Port Harcourt ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Region of Nigeria
dateCreated 1967-05-27 ⓘ
economicSector agriculture ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
petrochemicals ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ekpeye ⓘ
Etche ⓘ
Ijaw ⓘ
Ikwerre ⓘ
Ogoni people ⓘ
surface form: Ogoni

Okrika ⓘ
hasAirport Port Harcourt International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Port Harcourt Air Force Base

Port Harcourt International Airport ⓘ
hasRiver Bonny River ⓘ
New Calabar River ⓘ
Orashi River ⓘ
Sombreiro River ⓘ
hasUniversity Rivers State University ⓘ
University of Port Harcourt ⓘ
knownFor maritime activities ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
refineries ⓘ
seaports ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta region

Southern Nigeria ⓘ
majorCity Ahoada ⓘ
Bonny ⓘ
Bori ⓘ
Obio-Akpor ⓘ
Omoku ⓘ
Port Harcourt ⓘ
numberOfLocalGovernmentAreas 23 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
region South-South Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South South Nigeria
religion Christianity ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (161)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niger Delta → contains → Rivers State ⓘ
Port Harcourt → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Port Harcourt → capitalOf → Rivers State ⓘ
Ijaw → primaryRegion → Rivers State ⓘ
Igbo → significantPresence → Rivers State ⓘ
Bayelsa State → formedFrom → Rivers State ⓘ
Bayelsa State → borders → Rivers State ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State → bordersState → Rivers State ⓘ
Niger Delta Development Commission → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Niger Delta Development Commission → regionServed → Rivers State ⓘ
Ogoni people → primaryState → Rivers State ⓘ
Imo State → borders → Rivers State ⓘ
Abia State → borders → Rivers State ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → contains → Rivers State ⓘ
University of Port Harcourt → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education → governedBy → Rivers State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Rivers State
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education → regionServed → Rivers State ⓘ
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education → state → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers United F.C. → represents → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers United F.C. → owner → Rivers State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rivers State Government
Rivers United F.C. → representsInDomesticCompetitions → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers United F.C. → representsInContinentalCompetitions → Rivers State ⓘ
Yakubu Gowon Stadium → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Port Harcourt Refining Company → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Port Harcourt Refining Company → stateOfHeadquarters → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers State Museum → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Port Harcourt International Airport → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers State University → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Rivers State University → ownedBy → Rivers State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rivers State Government
Rivers State University → regionServed → Rivers State ⓘ
Obio-Akpor Local Government Area → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ikwerre → spokenIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ikwerre → geographicDistribution → Rivers State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rivers State, Nigeria
Bonny River → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ijaw people → stateOfResidence → Rivers State ⓘ
Ijaw languages → primaryRegion → Rivers State ⓘ
Igbo people → significantPopulationIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Okrika → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ikwerre people → locatedIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Ikwerre people → stateOfNigeria → Rivers State ⓘ
Ijaw Youth Council → locatedInArea → Rivers State ⓘ
Delta State → bordersState → Rivers State ⓘ
Anioma region → sharesBorderWith → Rivers State ⓘ
Edoid languages → spokenInState → Rivers State ⓘ
Edo people → ethnicGroupIn → Rivers State ⓘ
South South → comprisesState → Rivers State ⓘ
Ogoni Bill of Rights → placeOfOrigin → Rivers State ⓘ
Ogoni languages → spokenIn → Rivers State ⓘ
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People → basedIn → Rivers State ⓘ