Rivers State
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{{Infobox Nigerian States
|state name = Rivers State
|nickname = Treasure Base of the Nation
|image = NigeriaRivers.png
|date created = [[27 May]] [[1967]]
|Largest City = [[Port Harcourt]]
|capital = [[Port Harcourt]]
|area = 11,077
|area rank = 26
|population rank = N/A
|population 1991 = N/A
|population 2005 = 5,689,087
|previous governors link = List of Nigerian state governors
|governor = Rotimi Amaechi
|party link = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
|party = PDP
|senator1 = John Azuta-Mbata
|senator1 party link = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
|senator1 party = PDP
|senator2 = Lee Maeba
|senator2 party link = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
|senator2 party = PDP
|senator3 = Ibiapoye Martyns-Yellowe
|senator3 party link = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
|senator3 party = PDP
|house of representatives link = Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Rivers
|geocode = NG-RI
|website =
}}
'''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 State, Nigeria|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, Nigeria|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):
{|
|
* [[Abua-Odual]]
* [[Ahoada|Ahoada-East]]
* [[Ahoada|Ahoada-West]]
* [[Akuku-Toru]]
* [[Andoni]]
* [[Asari-Toru]]
* [[Bonny]]
* [[Degema]]
|
* [[Eleme Local Government Area|Eleme]]
* [[Emuoha]]
* [[Etche]]
* [[Gokana]]
* [[Ikwerre]]
* [[Khana]]
* [[Obio/Akpor]]
* [[Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni]]
|
* [[Ogu-Bolo]]
* [[Okrika]]
* [[Omumma]]
* [[Opobo/Nkoro]]
* [[Oyigbo]]
* [[Port Harcourt]]
* [[Tai, Nigeria|Tai]]
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.riversstatenigeria.net/ official Rivers State Government website]
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