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Also known as the Garden city because of its numerous avenues and ornaments, Port harcourt is the 3rd most developed metropolis in Nigeria after Lagos and Abuja. The city dubbed  Nigeria’s oil capital is arguably the oil hub of Africa. Sometimes called ‘P.H’, lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. According to the 2006 census, the Port Harcourt urban area has a population of 1,382,592. Where as the greater Port Harcourt City, as it is officially known, spans eight local government areas that include Port Harcourt, Okrika, Obio/Akpor, Ikwerre, Oyigbo, Ogu/Bolo, Tai, and Eleme. That said about the city, INFORMATION NIGERIA brings you 5 interesting things about Port harcourt…


1. Port Harcourt was once part of the Republic of Biafra which seceded from Nigeria in 1967 because the area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before that part of the farmlands of the Diobu village group of the Ikwerre, an Igbo sub-group

2. Port Harcourt was founded in 1912 by Frederick Lugard, governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and was named after the then British Secretary of state for the colonies, Sir Lewis Viscount Harcourt in August 1913.

3. Its purpose was to export the coal that geologist Albert Ernest Kitson had discovered in Enugu in 1909. The colonial government caused the people of Diobu to cede their land, and in 1912 the building of a port-town was started.

4. During the First World War, Port Harcourt was used as a point for military operations against the Central Powers in German Kamerun. After the discovery of crude oil in Oloibiri in 1956, Port Harcourt exported the first shipload from Nigeria in 1958.

5. Aside from being the oil capital, Port Harcourt is also known for the vibrant late-night activities and entertainment scene. There are several public houses, lounges, clubs, dance bars and restaurants spread out around the city.

What do you think

ph is over 2m people. more than what u mentioned.

Itz a Buriful Plc

I miss Ph, maybe I will take a drive there this weekend, just for fun, who wants to join me??

sinaj:
Itz a Buriful Plc

I'll be there soon

iykekelvins:
I'll be there soon

will wait for u at d airport to welcome you lol