Rivers State 1966992 207783968 2008-04-24T04:52:05Z Rei-bot 3258344 robot Adding: [[pt:Rivers (estado)]] {{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] {{Nigeria states}} {{Nigeria-geo-stub}} {{coor title dm|4|45|N|6|50|E|region:NG_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:States of Nigeria]] [[Category:Rivers State| ]] [[de:Rivers]] [[es:Ríos (Estado)]] [[fr:État de Rivers]] [[ko:리버스 주]] [[id:Rivers]] [[it:Rivers]] [[nl:Rivers]] [[ja:リバーズ州]] [[pl:Rivers (stan)]] [[pt:Rivers (estado)]] [[fi:Rivers]] [[sv:Rivers]] [[yo:Ipinle Rivers]] [[zh:河流州]]