Rivers State

Rivers State is a state in . Rivers State is dominated by the numerous rivers that flow through it, including the Bonny River. Its capital and largest city, , is economically important as the centre of 's oil industry.
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is a gulf city and capital of Rivers State in the Niger Delta area of and is the centre for the oil industry in the country.

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is a historic island town in Rivers State, . It is located in the Niger Delta, on Island near the Atlantic coast. The town is known for its history, traditional culture, waterways and importance to Nigeria's oil and gas industry.

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is a port town in Rivers State, . The town is situated on an island south of Port Harcourt, making it a suburb of the much larger city.

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is a town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state, and home to King Amachree of the Kalabari Kingdom.

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is an island town and a Local Government Area in Rivers State, . It is also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny.

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is a town and Local Government Area located in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is a town, 30 kilometres from the Port city of , 25 km from the city of .

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is a community, and former city-state, in Rivers state, region of Nigeria. is divided into 14 sections, made up of 67 war canoe houses.

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is a local government area in Rivers State, . It is part of the metropolitan city. has its headquarters in the town of Ogale.

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is a natural park in , Rivers State, covering an area of approximately 1000 ha. It was established by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited in 1999 with the aim of conserving nature and biodiversity in the region.

Rivers State

Latitude of center
4.7497° or 4° 44′ 59″ north
Longitude of center
6.8277° or 6° 49′ 40″ east
Population
9,900,000
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2324433
Wiki­data ID
Q503923
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Rivers State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሪভርስ ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “ولاية ريفرز”
  • Armenian: “Ռիվերս նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rivers ştatı”
  • Bengali: “রিভার অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bislama: “Rivers State”
  • Bulgarian: “Ривърс”
  • Catalan: “Rivers”
  • Cebuano: “Rivers State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Rivers State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Rivers”
  • Chinese: “Rivers Chiu”
  • Chinese: “河流州”
  • Croatian: “Rivers (država)”
  • Croatian: “Rivers”
  • Czech: “Rivers”
  • Danish: “Rivers”
  • Dutch: “Rivers”
  • Esperanto: “Rivera ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Rivera Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Rivera”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Rivera”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Rivers”
  • Esperanto: “ŝubŝtato Rivera”
  • Estonian: “Riversi osariik”
  • Finnish: “NG-RI”
  • Finnish: “Rivers”
  • Finnish: “Riversin osavaltio”
  • French: “Etat de Rivers”
  • French: “État de Rivers”
  • French: “Rivers”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal River”
  • Fulah: “Rivers”
  • Galician: “Rivers”
  • Georgian: “რივერსის შტატი”
  • German: “NG-RI”
  • German: “Rivers”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία Ρίβερς”
  • Gujarati: “રીવર્સ સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Rivers Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jihar rivers”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Rivers”
  • Hausa: “River State”
  • Hindi: “रिवर्ज़ राज्य”
  • Hindi: “रिवर्ज़ स्टेट”
  • Hungarian: “Rivers állam”
  • Igala: “Rivers state”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Rivers”
  • Igbo: “Rivers state”
  • Indonesian: “Rivers”
  • Italian: “Rivers”
  • Japanese: “リヴァース州”
  • Japanese: “リヴァーズ州”
  • Japanese: “リバース州”
  • Japanese: “リバーズ州”
  • Javanese: “Negara Rivers”
  • Kannada: “ನದಿಗಳ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Karekare: “Ribas”
  • Kazakh: “Өндіріс облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Rivers штаты”
  • Korean: “리버스주”
  • Latvian: “Riversa”
  • Latvian: “Riversas štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Riverso valstija”
  • Malay: “Negeri Rivers”
  • Marathi: “रिव्हर्स राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rivers Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Rivers state”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Rivers State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rivers (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rivers”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rivers”
  • Norwegian: “Rivers State”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Rivers State”
  • Obolo: “Agan̄-mkpulu Rivas”
  • Obolo: “Rivas (Agan̄-mkpulu)”
  • Obolo: “Rivas”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Rivers”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਿਵਰਜ਼ ਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “ایالت ریورز”
  • Polish: “Rivers”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Rivers”
  • Portuguese: “Rios”
  • Portuguese: “Rivers State”
  • Portuguese: “Rivers”
  • Pushto: “د رود ایالت”
  • Romanian: “Statul Rivers”
  • Russian: “Риверс”
  • Serbian: “Риверс”
  • Sindhi: “ريورز رياست”
  • Sinhala: “රිවර්ස් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “රිවර්ස් ස්ටේට්”
  • Slovenian: “Rivers”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Rivers”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریورز ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Rivers”
  • Spanish: “Rios”
  • Spanish: “Ríos”
  • Spanish: “Rivers”
  • Swahili: “Rivers State”
  • Swahili: “Rivers”
  • Swedish: “Rivers”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Rivers”
  • Tamil: “ரிவர்ஸ் மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Rivers дәүләте”
  • Telugu: “రివర్స్ రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “రివర్స్ స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “ริเวอส์”
  • Tumbuka: “Rivers State, Nigeria”
  • Tumbuka: “Rivers State,Nigeria”
  • Tumbuka: “Rivers State”
  • Turkish: “Rivers Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Rivers”
  • Tyap: “A̱byin Rivat”
  • Tyap: “NG-RI”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Rivat”
  • Ukrainian: “Риверс”
  • Urdu: “ریورز اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “ریورز ریاست”
  • Uzbek: “Rivers viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Rivers”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rivers (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rivers”
  • Western Mari: “Риверс”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Rivers”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Rivers”
  • Yoruba: “Rivers State”
  • Yue Chinese: “河流州”
  • “Rivers State”

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