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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nightlife"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Nightlife</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nightlife-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1</span> <span>In music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_movies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_movies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">21</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">22</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="بورت هاركورت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بورت هاركورت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="پورت هارکورت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پورت هارکورت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт-Харкорт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Порт-Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт Харкорт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Порт Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt_(kapital_sa_estado_sa_Nigyeriya)" title="Port Harcourt (kapital sa estado sa Nigyeriya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Port Harcourt (kapital sa estado sa Nigyeriya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84" title="Πορτ Χάρκορτ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πορτ Χάρκορτ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="پورت هارکورت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پورت هارکورت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%ED%95%98%EC%BB%A4%ED%8A%B8" title="포트하커트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트하커트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF_%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF" title="Պորտ Հարկորտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պորտ Հարկորտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugwu_%E1%BB%8Ccha" title="Ugwu Ọcha – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ugwu Ọcha" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт-Харкорт – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Порт-Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98" title="פורט הרקורט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פורט הרקורט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="პორტ-ჰარკორტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პორტ-ჰარკორტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт-Харкорт – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Порт-Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus_Harcurtensis" title="Portus Harcurtensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Portus Harcurtensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harkortas" title="Port Harkortas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Port Harkortas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт Харкурт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Порт Харкурт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88" title="ポートハーコート – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポートハーコート" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт-Харкорт – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Порт-Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-harkort" title="Port-harkort – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Port-harkort" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Harcourt" title="Porto Harcourt – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Porto Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт-Харкорт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Порт-Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Порт Харкорт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Порт Харкорт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95" title="พอร์ตฮาร์คอร์ต – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พอร์ตฮาร์คอร์ต" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Port Harcourt" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Port Harcourt</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Metropolis</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pitakwa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Port Harcourt"><img alt="Port Harcourt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Pitakwa.jpg/270px-Pitakwa.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Pitakwa.jpg/405px-Pitakwa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Pitakwa.jpg/540px-Pitakwa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="565" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Port Harcourt</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Port Harcourt"><img alt="Official seal of Port Harcourt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/100px-Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/150px-Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/200px-Port_Harcourt_City_Coat_of_Arms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="643" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">PH-City, P.H.<sup id="cite_ref-tidenews2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tidenews2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Garden City<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rough_guide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough_guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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Harcourt</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Map of Nigeria showing the location of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Ralph Moore, Chief Oju Daniel Kalio and William Harcourt signed the 1913 agreement for the area now known as Port Harcourt.</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Port_Harcourt&params=4_49_27_N_7_2_1_E_region:NG-RI_type:city(1005904)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°49′27″N</span> <span class="longitude">7°2′1″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.82417°N 7.03361°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">4.82417; 7.03361</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Nigeria</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Areas_in_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Areas in Nigeria">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_(local_government_area)" title="Port Harcourt (local government area)">Port Harcourt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio-Akpor</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Okrika,_Rivers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okrika, Rivers (page does not exist)">Okrika</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleme, Rivers">Eleme</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1912</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporation</th><td class="infobox-data">1913<sup id="cite_ref-rough_guide_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough_guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Vernon_Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Vernon Harcourt">Lewis Vernon Harcourt</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Port Harcourt City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Ezebunwo Ichemati<sup id="cite_ref-P.H_mayor_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P.H_mayor-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Metropolis</div></th><td class="infobox-data">369 km<sup>2</sup> (142 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">360 km<sup>2</sup> (140 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">9 km<sup>2</sup> (3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">158 km<sup>2</sup> (61 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,900 km<sup>2</sup> (700 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006 census)<sup id="cite_ref-pop_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Metropolis</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,005,904</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2019)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,148,665</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,700/km<sup>2</sup> (7,100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,865,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">12,000/km<sup>2</sup> (31,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,344,000.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_Urbanization_Prospects_2018_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_Urbanization_Prospects_2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Portians<sup id="cite_ref-Port_Harcourt_People_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Port_Harcourt_People-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2023</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$34.4 billion<sup id="cite_ref-TelluBase_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelluBase-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$9,900</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcode</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">500<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_084_and_086" title="Area codes 084 and 086">084</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">Am</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Port Harcourt</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin" title="Nigerian Pidgin">Pidgin</a>: <i>Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)</i> is the capital and largest city of <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> in Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_cities_by_population" title="List of Nigerian cities by population">fifth most populous city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> after <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kano_(city)" title="Kano (city)">Kano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benin_City" title="Benin City">Benin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-world_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lies along the <a href="/wiki/Bonny_River" title="Bonny River">Bonny River</a> and is located in the oil rich <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta" title="Niger Delta">Niger Delta region</a>. As of 2023, Port Harcourt's urban population is approximately 3,480,000.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan</a> area of Port Harcourt is almost twice its urban area population with a 2015 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations</a> estimate of 2,344,000.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_Urbanization_Prospects_2018_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_Urbanization_Prospects_2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950, the population of Port Harcourt was 59,752. Port Harcourt has grown by 150,844 since 2015, which represents a 4.99% annual change.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before that of a farmland of the people of Rebisi (Ikwerre). The <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria" title="Colonial Nigeria">colonial administration of Nigeria</a> created the port to export coal from the <a href="/wiki/Collieries" class="mw-redirect" title="Collieries">collieries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugu</a> located 243 kilometres (151 mi) north of Port Harcourt,<sup id="cite_ref-easternline_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-easternline-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to which it was linked by a railway called the Eastern Line, also built by the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-easternline_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-easternline-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Port Harcourt's economy turned to <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry" title="Petroleum industry">petroleum</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the first shipment of Nigerian crude oil was exported through the city in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through the benefits of the <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Nigeria" title="Petroleum industry in Nigeria">Nigerian petroleum industry</a>, Port Harcourt was further developed, with aspects of modernization such as <a href="/wiki/Overpasses" class="mw-redirect" title="Overpasses">overpasses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">city blocks</a>, and taller and more substantial buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-rough_guide_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough_guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oil firms that currently have offices in the city include <a href="/wiki/Shell_plc" title="Shell plc">Shell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chevron_Corporation" title="Chevron Corporation">Chevron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a number of public and private tertiary institutions in Port Harcourt. These institutions include <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_University" title="Rivers State University">Rivers State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Port_Harcourt" title="University of Port Harcourt">University of Port Harcourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Captain_Elechi_Amadi_Polytechnic" title="Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic">Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Ajuru_University_of_Education" title="Ignatius Ajuru University of Education">Ignatius Ajuru University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_College_of_Health_Science_and_Technology" title="Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology">Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.madonnauniversity.edu.ng/">Madonna University</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://new.pums.edu.ng/">PAMO University of Medical Sciences</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nou.edu.ng/">National Open University of Nigeria</a>. The current mayor is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezebunwo_Ichemati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ezebunwo Ichemati (page does not exist)">Ezebunwo Ichemati</a>. Port Harcourt's primary airport is <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_International_Airport" title="Port Harcourt International Airport">Port Harcourt International Airport</a>, located on the outskirts of the city; the <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_NAF_Base" title="Port Harcourt NAF Base">NAF base</a> is the location of the only other airport and is used by commercial airlines <a href="/wiki/Aero_Contractors_(Nigeria)" title="Aero Contractors (Nigeria)">Aero Contractors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Nigeria" title="Air Nigeria">Air Nigeria</a> for domestic flights.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The port was built in 1912, but not given a name until August 1913, when the then Governor of Nigeria, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lugard,_1st_Baron_Lugard" title="Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard">Sir Frederick Lugard</a>, named it "Port Harcourt" in honor of <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Harcourt,_1st_Viscount_Harcourt" title="Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt">Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for the Colonies">Secretary of State for the Colonies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RoyalAfrican_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalAfrican-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Okrika word for the city is <i>Hakoti Kiri</i> or <i>Parakot</i>. The native <a href="/wiki/Obulom" class="mw-redirect" title="Obulom">Obulom</a> name for the city is <span title="Obulom-language text"><i lang="obu">Obomotu</i></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Big House</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG/220px-Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG/330px-Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG/440px-Port_Harcourt_in_1930s.JPG 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>Port Harcourt in the 1930s</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Timeline of Port Harcourt">Timeline of Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>Port Harcourt was founded in 1912 by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lugard" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Lugard">Frederick Lugard</a>, governor of both the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria Protectorate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria Protectorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its purpose was to <a href="/wiki/Export" title="Export">export</a> the coal that geologist <a href="/wiki/Albert_Ernest_Kitson" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Ernest Kitson">Albert Ernest Kitson</a> had discovered in <a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugu</a> in 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colonial government caused the people of <a href="/wiki/Diobu" class="mw-redirect" title="Diobu">Diobu</a> to cede their land, and in 1912 the building of a port-town was started.<sup id="cite_ref-Njoku_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Njoku-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other villages that were later absorbed into the city included Oroworukwo, Oromeruezimgbu, Nkpogu, and Rumuomasi;<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the creeks to the south of the original port were the fishing camps and grounds of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakirike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wakirike (page does not exist)">Wakirike</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ijaw_people" title="Ijaw people">Ijaw</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-RoyalAfrican_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalAfrican-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, Port Harcourt was used as a point for military operations against the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kamerun" title="Kamerun">German Kamerun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rough_guide_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough_guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the discovery of crude oil in <a href="/wiki/Oloibiri" title="Oloibiri">Oloibiri</a> in 1956, Port Harcourt exported the first shipload from Nigeria in 1958. Port Harcourt became the center of the Nigerian oil economy<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it subsequently reaped benefits of its associations with the petroleum industry by undergoing <a href="/wiki/Modernization" class="mw-redirect" title="Modernization">modernization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">urbanization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rough_guide_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough_guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Port Harcourt's growth is further due to its position as the commercial center and foremost industrial city of the former <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Region</a>; its position in the Niger Delta; and its importance as the center of social and economic life in Rivers State. After the Republic of <a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafra</a> seceded from Nigeria in 1967 Port Harcourt fell to Nigerian forces on 19 May 1968. From an area of 15.54 km<sup>2</sup> (6.00 sq mi) in 1914, Port Harcourt grew uncontrolled to an area of 360 km<sup>2</sup> (140 sq mi) in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-izeogu_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-izeogu-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Harcourt,_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_(5457306925).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg/220px-Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg/330px-Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg/440px-Port_Harcourt%2C_Nigeria_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457306925%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3258" data-file-height="2484" /></a><figcaption>Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Port Harcourt region. Port Harcourt is especially vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The main city of Port Harcourt is the Port Harcourt City in the <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_(local_government_area)" title="Port Harcourt (local government area)">Port Harcourt local government area</a>, consisting of the former European quarters now called <a href="/wiki/Old_GRA" class="mw-redirect" title="Old GRA">Old GRA</a> and New Layout areas. The urban area (Port Harcourt metropolis), on the other hand, is made up of the local government area itself and parts of <a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio-Akpor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleme, Rivers">Eleme</a> accordingly.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Port Harcourt, which is the current capital of Rivers State, is highly congested as it is the only major city of the state. In 2009, a law was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Rivers State House of Assembly">Rivers State House of Assembly</a> and Governor Amaechi's administration to spread development to the surrounding communities as part of the effort to decongest the Port Harcourt metropolis. The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Port_Harcourt" title="Greater Port Harcourt">Greater Port Harcourt</a> region, spans eight local government areas that include Port Harcourt, <a href="/wiki/Okrika" title="Okrika">Okrika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio-Akpor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikwerre,_Rivers" title="Ikwerre, Rivers">Ikwerre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oyigbo" title="Oyigbo">Oyigbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogu%E2%80%93Bolo" title="Ogu–Bolo">Ogu–Bolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Etche" title="Etche">Etche</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleme, Rivers State">Eleme</a>. Its total population was estimated at 2,000,000 as of 2009, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in Nigeria. But that number has greatly increased according to recent studies.<sup id="cite_ref-TheTide_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheTide-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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Abia</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Yenegoa,_Bayelsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Yenegoa, Bayelsa">Yenegoa, Bayelsa</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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Ibom</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a></td> <td>Atlantic Ocean</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malabo" title="Malabo">Malabo</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a>), <a href="/wiki/Limbe,_Cameroon" class="mw-redirect" title="Limbe, Cameroon">Limbe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>)</td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Harcourt features a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Am</i>) with lengthy and heavy <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">rainy seasons</a> and very short <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry seasons</a>. Only the months of December to February truly qualify as dry season months in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Harmattan" title="Harmattan">harmattan</a>, which climatically influences many cities in <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a>, is less pronounced in Port Harcourt. Port Harcourt's heaviest precipitation occurs during September with an average of 367 millimetres or 14.45 inches of rain. December on average is the driest month of the year, with an average rainfall of 20 millimetres or 0.79 inches. Temperatures throughout the year in the city are relatively constant, showing little variation throughout the course of the year. Average temperatures are typically between 25 and 28 °C (77.0 and 82.4 °F) in the city. </p><p>The yearly temperature in Port Harcourt is 26.55 °C (79.79 °F) and it is -2.91% lower than Nigeria's averages. Rivers typically receive about 330.36 millimeters (13.01 inches) of precipitation and has 304.91 rainy days (83.54% of the time) annually. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Port Harcourt (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(99) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(0.87) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(2.35) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.6<br />(4.51) </td> <td style="background: #09FF09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.2<br />(6.27) </td> <td style="background: #007900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">260.9<br />(10.27) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">310.1<br />(12.21) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">357.9<br />(14.09) </td> <td style="background: #004D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">290.2<br />(11.43) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">354.0<br />(13.94) </td> <td style="background: #008600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">251.7<br />(9.91) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.2<br />(3.43) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(0.75) </td> <td style="background: #00DC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,286.5<br />(90.02) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.2 </td> <td style="background: #2B2BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.6 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.2 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.2 </td> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.0 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.0 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">135.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000B0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000A9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">89.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000A3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000A0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000A2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000C9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000AF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">87.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C0C022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.6 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD36; color:#000000;" class="notheme">123.2 </td> <td style="background: #B3B36E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.7 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.0 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF2A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139.5 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102.0 </td> <td style="background: #8D8D8D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.5 </td> <td style="background: #888888; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.4 </td> <td style="background: #939393; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.0 </td> <td style="background: #AEAE90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102.3 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.0 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.8 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,367 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (sunshine 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-WMONormals_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMONormals-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_concerns">Environmental concerns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Environmental concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Pollution">Air Pollution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air Pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Artilery_Cross_Road,_Phc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A picture of the Port Harcourt City centre from a highway with traffic and high rises in the distance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg/220px-1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg/330px-1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg/440px-1st_Artilery_Cross_Road%2C_Phc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Traffic in the Port Harcourt City Centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Residents of the city have been experiencing particle (<a href="/wiki/Soot" title="Soot">soot</a>) pollution since the last quarter of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Residents state their clothes and everything outside is covered with a layer of black soot.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Official <a href="/wiki/Particulates" title="Particulates">PM2.5</a> information from the state's environmental commissioner, <a href="/wiki/Roseline_Konya" title="Roseline Konya">Roseline Konya</a>, states a high reading of 270 <a href="/wiki/Microgram" title="Microgram">micrograms</a> per cubic meter for air pollution in the city from a 2016 sampling.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)</a> index <a href="/wiki/Air_quality_index" title="Air quality index">air quality index</a> (AQI), a reading of 0 – 50 is good, readings between 200 – 300 which Port Harcourt falls under is considered unhealthy for everyone and E.P.A advises residents of such areas to avoid heavy and prolonged exertion, and move activities indoors.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "For a 15-month period ending in June [2018] ... air quality was in the unhealthy range on 240 days, with 85 days ranking very unhealthy, and 13 days as <a href="/wiki/Hazardous" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazardous">hazardous</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The increased <a href="/wiki/Deterioration_of_Minds" class="mw-redirect" title="Deterioration of Minds">deterioration</a> of ambient air quality led to a state protest in February 2017. There were experiences of black soot settling in nostrils, on cars, floors, roofs, windows, bathtubs, bathrooms, kitchen sinks and household furniture surfaces resulting in frequent cleaning of affected surfaces and places. potable, domestic and rainwater were equally affected. Abuloma, Iwofe, Rupokwu, <a href="/wiki/Okrika" title="Okrika">Okrika</a>, and Woji were mostly affected with other areas such as Rumuigbo, Eleme, and <a href="/wiki/Oyigbo" title="Oyigbo">Oyigbo</a> Local Government Councils, as well as <a href="/wiki/Ogoni_people" title="Ogoni people">Ogoni.</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The covering of the haze of soot in most parts of the city has resulted in visibility impairment by PM2.5, soil, and water deposition, and disruption in <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystem</a> diversity. This also made the city dwellers spend more time indoors than outdoors. Residents in cities such as Rumosi and Rumuodumanya in <a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio/Akpor</a> Council have relocated to other safe cities leading to a decline in business activities.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Environment_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Ministry of Environment (Nigeria)">The Ministry of Environment</a> took action by analysing air samples from various sites in the city and found out to be 11 times higher than <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">WHO</a> specifications for PM2.5 and PM10. This non-compliance was tackled by shutting down the Chinese Government Company (CGC), H&H Engineering Company, and AUC Asphalt Company located in the Aluu community, found to be the location of high volume discharge of emissions thereby contravening environmental regulations. Illegal refineries, burning of tires, <a href="/wiki/Gas_flaring" class="mw-redirect" title="Gas flaring">gas flaring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a> (LNG) operations and processes, <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petro-chemical</a> companies and refineries were other suspected sources of soot <a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Residential_areas">Residential areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Residential areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Neighbourhoods_in_Port_Harcourt" title="Category:Neighbourhoods in Port Harcourt">Category:Neighbourhoods in Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>Some of Port Harcourt's more popular and well-known residential areas are known as Port Harcourt Township (or just "Town"), <a href="/wiki/New_GRA,_Port_Harcourt" title="New GRA, Port Harcourt">GRA</a> (Government Reserved Area) phases 1–5, Elekahia, Rumuomasi, <a href="/wiki/D-line,_Port_Harcourt" title="D-line, Port Harcourt">D-line</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elelenwo,_Port_Harcourt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elelenwo, Port Harcourt (page does not exist)">Elelenwo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iboloji" title="Iboloji">Eliozu, Iboloji</a>, Ogbunabali, Rumuola, Rumuigbo, Mgbuoba, <a href="/wiki/Diobu,_Port_Harcourt" title="Diobu, Port Harcourt">Diobu</a>, Woji, Amadi Flats, Umuchitta, <a href="/wiki/Rumuokoro" title="Rumuokoro">Rumuokoro</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Borokiri,_Port_Harcourt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Borokiri, Port Harcourt (page does not exist)">Borikiri</a>. The main industrial area is located in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trans_Amadi,_Port_Harcourt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt (page does not exist)">Trans Amadi, Abuloma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A picture of gates of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd. with an oil refinery's fire seen in the background in rainy weather." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg/220px-Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg/330px-Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg/440px-Gates_of_oil_refinery_in_Port_Harcourt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_Refining_Company" title="Port Harcourt Refining Company">Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd</a>, Alesa Eleme.</figcaption></figure> <p>Port Harcourt is a major industrial centre as it has a large number of <a href="/wiki/Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational</a> firms as well as other industrial concerns, particularly business related to the <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> industry. It is the chief oil-refining city in Nigeria and has two main <a href="/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">oil refineries</a> located at Eleme. Both refineries process around 210,000 barrels of crude oil a day, both operated by the <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_Refining_Company" title="Port Harcourt Refining Company">Port Harcourt Refining Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oil_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oil-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rivers State is one of the wealthiest <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">states in Nigeria</a> in terms of gross domestic product and foreign exchange revenue from the oil industry, crude oil being its principal export earner. <a href="/wiki/Microapartment" title="Microapartment">Microapartment</a> architecture is quite common in certain parts of Port Harcourt. The Point Block of Rivers State Secretariat is an icon of the city. An 18-story building, it is the tallest building in the Southeast and South-South geopolitical zones combined. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Harcourt is primarily composed of coastal <a href="/wiki/Ikwerre_people" title="Ikwerre people">Ikwerre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ijaw_people" title="Ijaw people">Ijaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obulom" class="mw-redirect" title="Obulom">Obulom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ogoni" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogoni">Ogoni</a> peoples. <sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_churches_in_Port_Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Roman Catholic churches in Port Harcourt">List of Roman Catholic churches in Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>As in other cities in the country's south, the predominant religion of Port Harcourt is <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholics">Roman Catholics</a> make up a significant portion of the Christian population. There are scores of churches, parishes and priests within the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt Catholic diocese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-p12_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p12-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The central church is the <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Cathedral_(Port_Harcourt)" title="Corpus Christi Cathedral (Port Harcourt)">Corpus Christi Cathedral</a> Parish in <a href="/wiki/D-line,_Port_Harcourt" title="D-line, Port Harcourt">D-line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corpus1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corpus1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is also home to other Christian denominations such as <a href="/wiki/Anglicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicans">Anglicans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodists" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodists">Methodists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterians" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterians">Presbyterians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> and members of Evangelical and <a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostal</a> groups. A very small number of residents adhere to the <a href="/wiki/Islamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic">Islamic</a> faith.<sup id="cite_ref-intellect_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intellect-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_Book_Festival" title="Port Harcourt Book Festival">Port Harcourt Book Festival</a>, formerly known as Garden City Literary Festival remains one of the city's most important and popular events since its inception in 2008. Established by the government of <a href="/wiki/Rotimi_Amaechi" title="Rotimi Amaechi">Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi</a>, the yearly gathering improves local literacy levels, promotes reading habits among denizens, and benefits exhibitors seeking a wider audience.<sup id="cite_ref-allafrica1_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allafrica1-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout its annual run, Port Harcourt Book Festival has hosted renowned publishers such as <a href="/wiki/Heinemann_(publisher)" title="Heinemann (publisher)">Heinemann</a>, Learn Africa Plc, Africana First Publishers and EPP Books Services. The festival currently continues to draw writers, literary connoisseurs, booksellers and publishers from every walk of life to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-vanguardngr_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanguardngr-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2012, <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Publishers_Association" title="International Publishers Association">IPA</a>, IBF and <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Library_Associations_and_Institutions" title="International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions">IFLA</a> named Port Harcourt the <a href="/wiki/World_Book_Capital" title="World Book Capital">World Book Capital</a> for the year 2014, making her the 14th city in the world to be selected as World Book Capital and the first in Black Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city also features in <i><a href="/wiki/Looking_for_Transwonderland" title="Looking for Transwonderland">Looking for Transwonderland</a></i>, one of the first volumes of travel writing written by a Nigerian, <a href="/wiki/Noo_Saro-Wiwa" title="Noo Saro-Wiwa">Noo Saro-Wiwa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Music of Port Harcourt">Music of Port Harcourt</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nightlife">Nightlife</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Nightlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from being the oil capital, Port Harcourt is also known for its vibrant late-night activities and entertainment scene. There are several <a href="/wiki/Public_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Public houses">public houses</a>, lounges, clubs, dance bars and restaurants spread out around the city. Partyers and revellers tend to spend a chunk of their night time at <a href="/wiki/New_GRA,_Port_Harcourt" title="New GRA, Port Harcourt">New GRA</a>, where most of the bars and high-end nightclubs are located. Uptempo and club-friendly music can be heard in nearly every corner of the city at night. There have been increases in <a href="/wiki/Sexually_oriented_business" title="Sexually oriented business">sex-oriented businesses</a> including strip clubs and brothels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_music">In music</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Harcourt city has produced great musicians in the likes of <a href="/wiki/Rex_Lawson" title="Rex Lawson">Rex Lawson</a> during jazz, highlife and old skool days. </p> <ul><li>Award-winning Nigerian musician <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Mighty" title="Duncan Mighty">Duncan Mighty</a> also popularly known as Port Harcourt's First Son.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duncan Mighty is known for his hit song "Port Harcourt Son".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grammy winner <a href="/wiki/Burna_Boy" title="Burna Boy">Burna Boy</a> was born and raised in Port Harcourt. He speaks of Port Harcourt in his song titled "Ph City Vibration".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timaya" title="Timaya">Timaya</a> afro singer was born and raised in Port Harcourt City. He accolades the city in his album</li> <li>Award winning International singer <a href="/wiki/Omah_Lay" title="Omah Lay">Omah Lay</a> was born and raised in Port Harcourt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajebo_Hustlers" title="Ajebo Hustlers">Ajebo Hustlers</a> the duo singers were raised in Port Harcourt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Daniels" title="Duncan Daniels">Duncan Daniels</a> London-based artiste also grew up in Port Harcourt</li> <li>Singer and actress <a href="/wiki/Muma_Gee" title="Muma Gee">Muma Gee</a> highlights the city's scenes and culture in her song "Port Harcourt Is Back".<sup id="cite_ref-allafrica_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allafrica-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Reggae-fusion singer Slim Burna sang a song called "Port Harcourt Boy" from his 2013 release <i>I'm on Fire</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_movies">In movies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the film <i>Blood and Oil</i>, which tells the tale of two British women and their unusual journey to the hinterland of the Niger Delta, the main character Alice Omuka travels to Port Harcourt, where she learns of the kidnapping of foreign oil workers.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Port Harcourt is a location in the Blessing Uduefe-directed movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Eyed" title="The Green Eyed">The Green Eyed</a></i>. The movie also premiered in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Girls Hostel</i>, a Nollywood movie filmed in Port Harcourt helped catapult actresses <a href="/wiki/Mary_Uranta" title="Mary Uranta">Mary Uranta</a> and Empress Njamah into stardom.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg/220px-Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg/330px-Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg/440px-Main_Gate_into_RSU.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Rivers State University main gate</figcaption></figure> <p>Several institutions of tertiary education in Port Harcourt offer a wide range of professionally accredited programmes and qualifications. Most of these institutions are publicly funded, while others are run by private entities. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Port_Harcourt" title="University of Port Harcourt">University of Port Harcourt</a> was ranked sixth in Africa and first in Nigeria by <a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education" title="Times Higher Education">Times Higher Education</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Africa_6_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Africa_6-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The federal government owned university has its main campus at Choba district. </p><p>Universities and colleges administered by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Rivers_State" title="Government of Rivers State">Government of Rivers State</a> are also located in the city. They include <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_University" title="Rivers State University">Rivers State University</a>, Kenule Beesor Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic (Former Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elechi_Amadi_Polytechnic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elechi Amadi Polytechnic (page does not exist)">Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Ajuru_University_of_Education" title="Ignatius Ajuru University of Education">Ignatius Ajuru University of Education</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_College_of_Health_Science_and_Technology" title="Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology">Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology</a>. The notable private institutions are <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Institute_of_West_Africa" title="Catholic Institute of West Africa">Catholic Institute of West Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Polytechnic,_Port_Harcourt" title="Eastern Polytechnic, Port Harcourt">Eastern Polytechnic</a>. The latter is the first and only private polytechnic established in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-eastpoly_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastpoly-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_schools">Primary and secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Port_Harcourt" title="List of schools in Port Harcourt">List of schools in Port Harcourt</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Media in Port Harcourt consists largely of print, online blogs, social media and broadcast. Information is generally disseminated to the public through radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet. The government owns a number of the existing communications media, although, some private media is permitted. As a regulatory authority, the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Ministry_of_Information_and_Communications" title="Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications">Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications</a> is responsible for overseeing the entire broadcasting system, as well as promoting competition and ensuring the provision of qualitative services throughout the city. Since English is much more popular in the country's urban areas, media content such as publications, news, radio and television programmes are available mostly in the English language.<sup id="cite_ref-MIC_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIC-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In print media, the largest-circulated daily newspaper published in Port Harcourt is <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tide_(Nigeria)" title="The Tide (Nigeria)">The Tide</a></i>. It is state-supported and has an online version. Another popular newspaper is the weekly tabloid <i><a href="/wiki/National_Network_(newspaper)" title="National Network (newspaper)">National Network</a></i> which is owned by local politician <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Needam" title="Jerry Needam">Jerry Needam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nationalnetwork1_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalnetwork1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, other noteworthy papers like <i>The Neighbourhood</i> published by Nativity Communications Company and <i>The Newswriter</i> published by Writers House have begun competing for market presence and are both headquartered in the metropolis.<sup id="cite_ref-vanguardngr_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanguardngr-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNW_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNW-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Port_Harcourt" title="List of radio stations in Port Harcourt">List of radio stations in Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>Radio is an important mass medium in these parts. Not only has it become a strong source of news and entertainment, it is also wide reaching and has proved a cheap means to reach a mass audience. Many of Port Harcourt's radio stations are in private hands with just a few are state owned. <a href="/wiki/Radio_Rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Rivers">Radio Rivers</a>, founded 1981 offers programs in English and various indigenous languages. Its operator is the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation (RSBC).<sup id="cite_ref-radio_rivers_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio_rivers-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of December 2013, more than 5 local FM stations some of which were privately owned by media conglomerates Silverbird Group, South Atlantic Media, Globe Broadcasting and Communications and The Multimesh Company were already commercially licensed.<sup id="cite_ref-RR_99.1_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RR_99.1-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Television" title="Rivers State Television">Rivers State Television</a> – Government owned TV station on <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel 22. Established in 1985.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg/220px-Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg/330px-Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg/440px-Port_Harcourt_international_airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4628" data-file-height="1436" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_International_Airport" title="Port Harcourt International Airport">Port Harcourt International Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There is an international airport, <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_International_Airport" title="Port Harcourt International Airport">Port Harcourt International Airport</a> on the outskirts of the city, a <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_NAF_Base" title="Port Harcourt NAF Base">Nigerian Air Force</a> (NAF) base which is the location of the only other airport used by commercial airlines Aero Contractors, Caverton Helicopters and Bristow Helicopters for domestic flights, two seaports (FOT <a href="/wiki/Onne" title="Onne">Onne</a>, Port Harcourt Wharf). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has three stadiums, the <a href="/wiki/Sharks_Stadium" title="Sharks Stadium">Sharks Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon_Stadium" title="Yakubu Gowon Stadium">Yakubu Gowon Stadium</a> located in Elekahia and <a href="/wiki/Adokiye_Amiesimaka_Stadium" title="Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium">Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium</a> located at Omagwa. </p><p>Port Harcourt is home to one of the most popular soccer clubs in Nigeria and Africa, the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_United_F.C." title="Rivers United F.C.">Rivers United F.C.</a> In September 2019, the-governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, unveiled plan to launch a football academy in cooperation with the Spanish giants, the <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_CF" title="Real Madrid CF">Real Madrid</a> football club. The academy was to be known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Real_madrid_football_academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Real madrid football academy (page does not exist)">Real Madrid Academy</a>. 18 months later, the academy was commissioned by the governor and the national sports minister, Sunday Dare.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Port_Harcourt" title="List of hospitals in Port Harcourt">List of hospitals in Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>Port Harcourt is the leading hub for medical services in <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a>. Many healthcare facilities including hospitals and research facilities are located in Port Harcourt.<sup id="cite_ref-tide_news12_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tide_news12-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has a prominent tertiary health institution <a href="/wiki/University_of_Port_Harcourt_Teaching_Hospital" title="University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital">University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital</a> (UPTH) is situated on East West Road.<sup id="cite_ref-upthng_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upthng-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Government hospitals are widely favoured and caters to a larger pool of patients. One of the oldest is <a href="/wiki/Braithwaite_Memorial_Specialist_Hospital" title="Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital">Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital</a>. Founded in 1925, the 375-bed facility provides general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a range of diagnostic and support services.<sup id="cite_ref-BMSH2_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMSH2-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2009 and 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State government">Rivers State government</a> commissioned two additional hospitals. This includes <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Harrison_Hospital" title="Kelsey Harrison Hospital">Kelsey Harrison Hospital</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Dental_and_Maxillofacial_Hospital" title="Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital">Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tide_news13_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tide_news13-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some other notable hospitals in the city are <a href="/wiki/Meridian_Hospital" title="Meridian Hospital">Meridian Hospital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rehoboth_Specialist_Hospital" title="Rehoboth Specialist Hospital">Rehoboth Specialist Hospital</a> which are private.<sup id="cite_ref-merdian1_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merdian1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Water_supply_and_sanitation">Water supply and sanitation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Water supply and sanitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Port Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation Project aims at delivering sustainable water supply to the people of Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpor local government areas. The project is the first phase of the rehabilitation of the old Port Harcourt water supply system and its extension to new areas of the city. It involves the rehabilitation and upgrade of the stations in Rumuola, increasing its current capacity to 187,000 m<sup>3</sup> (6,603,843 cu ft) per day. </p><p>In Rivers State, Water sector and utility reforms were initiated in 2009 and included the enactment of the Rivers State's Water and Sanitation policy 2012<sup id="cite_ref-PHWATERCORP-Policy_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHWATERCORP-Policy-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the enactment of the Rivers State Water Sector development law #7of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-PHWATERCORP-Law_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHWATERCORP-Law-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The policy and Law provided for the creation of specialized institutions for service delivery. Key agencies include the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RWSSA), the Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (STWSSA), the Port Harcourt Water Corporation (PHWC), and the Rivers State Water Services Regulatory Commission. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.portharcourtwater.com/">Port Harcourt Water Corporation (PHWC)</a> was established pursuant to the Water Sector Development Law #7 of 2012 to replace the former Rivers State Water Board and to ensure the provision of potable drinking water and waste water treatment services. The corporation formally took off in September 2014 with the recruitment of the pioneer managing director, Kenneth Anga with a mandate to convert it to a self-sustaining <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">public service</a> corporation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greater_Port_Harcourt">Greater Port Harcourt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Harcourt&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Greater Port Harcourt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greater_Port_Harcourt" title="Greater Port Harcourt">Greater Port Harcourt</a></div> <p>Under the leadership of former Governor <a href="/wiki/Rotimi_Amaechi" title="Rotimi Amaechi">Chibuike Amaechi</a>, plans was announced for the creation of a new city to be called Greater Port-Harcourt City.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new city is to be located at the outskirt of Port Harcourt close to the <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_International_Airport" title="Port Harcourt International Airport">Port-Harcourt International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total coverage area for the Greater Port Harcourt city development is about 1,900 km<sup>2</sup> (730 sq mi) spanning eight local governments in <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a>, including Ogu Bolo, Eleme,<a href="/wiki/Ikwerre_people" title="Ikwerre people">Ikwerre</a>, Etche, Obio Akpor, Okrika. </p><p>The Authority (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Port_Harcourt_City_Development_Authority" title="Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority">GPHCDA</a>) was established by law in April 2009 with a mandate to facilitate the implementation of the Greater Port Harcourt master plan and build the new city.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Authority is led by an administrator, Dame Aleruchi Cookey Gam, supported by a pioneer management team comprising the Secretary to the authority and Board, Silva Opusunju, Director Finance Aaron Obelley, Director Administration (Permanent Secretary) MI Tella, Director Public Affairs Kenneth Anga, Director Legal Justice Nwobike, Director Projects Edmund Altraide, Director Development Control Sir Ngozi Worgu. </p><p>The Greater Port Harcourt city hosted several of the events at the 17th national sports festival tagged "Garden City Games". </p> <div 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href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Category:Geography of Port Harcourt">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aggrey_Road" title="Aggrey Road">Aggrey Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonny_Island" title="Bonny Island">Bonny Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Nigeria" title="Eleme, Nigeria">Eleme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio Akpor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyigbo" title="Oyigbo">Oyigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumuokoro" title="Rumuokoro">Rumuokoro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Healthcare_in_Port_Harcourt" title="Category:Healthcare in Port Harcourt">Healthcare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Port_Harcourt" title="List of hospitals in Port Harcourt">List of hospitals in Port Harcourt</a></i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Category:History of Port Harcourt">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Vernon_Harcourt,_1st_Viscount_Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt">Lewis Vernon Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Port_Harcourt" title="Invasion of Port Harcourt">Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sosoliso_Airlines_Flight_1145" title="Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145">Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_bus_electrocution" title="Port Harcourt bus electrocution">Bus electrocution</a></li> <li><a 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(newspaper)">National Network</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tide_(Nigeria)" title="The Tide (Nigeria)">The Tide</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Africa" title="List of television stations in Africa">Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Television" title="Rivers State Television">Rivers State Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Port_Harcourt" title="List of radio stations in Port Harcourt">Radio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City_Radio_89.9" title="Garden City Radio 89.9">89.9 FM</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Rivers" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Rivers">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State" title="Deputy Governor of Rivers State">Deputy Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Economy_of_Rivers_State" title="Category:Economy of Rivers State">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Rivers_State" title="Category:Education in Rivers State">Education</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Rivers_State" title="List of schools in Rivers State">Schools</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Rivers_State" title="Executive Council of Rivers State">Executive Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Fire_Service" title="Rivers State Fire Service">Fire Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Rivers_State" title="Category:Geography of Rivers State">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Rivers_State" title="Government of 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Communities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abua" title="Abua">Abua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asarama" title="Asarama">Asarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bane,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bane, Rivers State">Bane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chokocho" title="Chokocho">Chokocho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kono,_Rivers" title="Kono, Rivers">Kono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okobie" title="Okobie">Okobie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onikwu" title="Onikwu">Onikwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umuakuru-Igbo" title="Umuakuru-Igbo">Umuakuru-Igbo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Rivers_State" title="List of cities and towns in Rivers State">Cities and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abalama" title="Abalama">Abalama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abonnema" title="Abonnema">Abonnema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahoada" title="Ahoada">Ahoada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ataba,_Rivers_State" title="Ataba, Rivers State">Ataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonny,_Nigeria" title="Bonny, Nigeria">Bonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo,_Nigeria" title="Bodo, Nigeria">Bodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bori_City" title="Bori City">Bori City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buguma" title="Buguma">Buguma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elele" title="Elele">Elele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emohua_Town" title="Emohua Town">Emohua</a></li> <li>Igrita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igwuruta" title="Igwuruta">Igwuruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkoroo" title="Nkoroo">Nkoroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odiabidi" title="Odiabidi">Odiabidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okrika" 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title="Bonny, Nigeria">Bonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degema,_Rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Degema, Rivers">Degema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleme, Rivers State">Eleme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emohua" title="Emohua">Emohua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etche" title="Etche">Etche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokana,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Gokana, Rivers State">Gokana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikwerre,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikwerre, Rivers State">Ikwerre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khana,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Khana, Rivers State">Khana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio-Akpor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogba%E2%80%93Egbema%E2%80%93Ndoni" title="Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni">Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogu%E2%80%93Bolo" title="Ogu–Bolo">Ogu–Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okrika" title="Okrika">Okrika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omuma" 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title="Ngwa">Ngwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nri-Igbo" title="Nri-Igbo">Nri-Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogba_people" title="Ogba people">Ogba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohafia" title="Ohafia">Ohafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohuhu_people" title="Ohuhu people">Ohuhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onitsha-Ado" title="Onitsha-Ado">Onitsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukwuani_people" title="Ukwuani people">Ukwuani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waawa" title="Waawa">Waawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Igbo_sentiment" title="Anti-Igbo sentiment">Anti-Igbo sentiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Nigeria</a></li> <li><a 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American">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Nigerian_Americans_in_Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth" title="History of Nigerian Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth">Dallas–Fort Worth</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Igbo_culture" title="Igbo culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_art" title="Igbo art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_cuisine" title="Igbo cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikeji_festival" title="Ikeji festival">Ikeji festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_Jews" title="Igbo Jews">Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_music" title="Igbo music">Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_highlife" title="Igbo highlife">Highlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_rap" title="Igbo rap">rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odumodu_music" title="Odumodu music">Odumodu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogene" title="Ogene">Ogene</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_literature" title="Igbo literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_name" title="Igbo name">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Yam_Festival_of_the_Igbo" title="New Yam Festival of the Igbo">New Yam Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofala_Festival" title="Ofala Festival">Ofala Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odinala" title="Odinala">Odinala</a> (religion)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Language</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Language</th><td 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class="nowrap">2001: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"><img alt="Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1" title="Bogotá">Bogotá</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon"><img alt="Lebanon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia"><img alt="Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Port Harcourt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea"><img alt="Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Conakry" title="Conakry">Conakry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sharjah" title="Sharjah">Sharjah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guadalajara" title="Guadalajara">Guadalajara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana"><img alt="Ghana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_UNESCO.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_UNESCO.svg/80px-Flag_of_UNESCO.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_UNESCO.svg/120px-Flag_of_UNESCO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_UNESCO.svg/160px-Flag_of_UNESCO.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Largest_cities_in_Nigeria" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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