Rivers State

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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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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

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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
Ogoni people primaryState Rivers State
Imo State borders Rivers State
Abia State borders Rivers State
Southern Nigeria contains Rivers State
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education governedBy Rivers State
this entity surface form: Government of Rivers State
Rivers United F.C. represents Rivers State
Rivers United F.C. owner Rivers State
this entity surface form: Rivers State Government
Yakubu Gowon Stadium locatedIn Rivers State
Rivers State Museum locatedIn Rivers State
Rivers State University locatedIn Rivers State
Rivers State University ownedBy Rivers State
this entity surface form: Rivers State Government
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