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Eleme, Nigeria
Local government area in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eleme is a local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria.[1] It is part of the Port Harcourt metropolitan city.
 | This article possibly contains original research. (May 2020) |
Eleme has its headquarters in the town of Ogale.[citation needed] It covers an area of 138 km2 and at the 2006 Census had a population of 190,884.[2] The Eleme people are Eleme's main indigenous ethnic group.[3] Eleme LGA has two districts- Nchia and Odido and both administered under the Crown of the Oneh Eh Eleme (King Of Eleme.)[4]
As explained in a book edited by Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh and others, the Eleme language, of the Cross-River branch of the larger Niger-Congo language family,[5] is the main spoken language.[6]
In 2005 Eleme had two of Nigeria's four petroleum refineries.[7]
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Climate/Geography
Eleme LGA is made up of numerous rivers and tributaries and has a total size of 138 square kilometers. The local government region experiences 3,250 mm of precipitation annually, with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.[8][9]
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