Asari-Toru is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Rivers State Rivers is a states of Nigeria, state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo State, Im ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

General information

Asari-Toru

was created out of the old Degema

on May 16, 1989, under the Hon
Eziwoke Wokoma.
The

inhabitants In law and conflict of laws, domicile is relevant to an individual's "personal law", which includes the law that governs a person's status and their property. It is independent of a person's nationality. Although a domicile may change from time ...

are of a common

language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

which is the “ Kalabari” speaking

nationality Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, n ...

. With

ancestral An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or ( recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from ...

origin and beliefs. Currently, the

Local Government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

Chairman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...

is Hon. Dr. Sule Amachree. Asari-Toru is the “Seat” of the Ancestral Stool of the Kalabari Speaking

Dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchy, monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. H ...

which cuts across

Akuku-Toru Akuku-Toru is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Abonnema. It has an area of 1,443 km and a population of 156,006 at the 2006 census. Climate/Geography The entire area of Akuku Toru Local ...

and Degema

Local Government Areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The ph ...

Climate/Geography

There are two main seasons in Asari Toru LGA, which is 113 square kilometers in size: the dry and the rainy. The average temperature and

humidity Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, dew, or fog t ...

of Asari Toru LGA are 25 degrees Celsius and 91 percent, respectively. Numerous rivers and

tributaries A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

flow into Asari Toru LGA. The

upon creation presently encompasses Seventeen (17)

Communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place (geography), place, set of Norm (social), norms, culture, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Ide ...

namely: *

Buguma Buguma City is a larger town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area and base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state. The town has an official post office and a big set of commerci ...

, *

Abalama Abalama is a Nigerian settlement 15 km southwest of Port Harcourt. Jack jack creek runs through the small town of abalama africa Geography Abalama is an island along Abalama Creek in the Asari-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nige ...

, * Abiama, * Angulama, * Atuka, * Ido, * Ifoko, * Illelema, * Krakrama, * Minama, * Okpo, * Omekweama, * Omekwetariama, * Oporoama, * Sama, * Agama, * Tema.

City is the

Headquarters Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, mil ...

of the

and Seat of the King of

Kalabari Kingdom The Kalabari Kingdom, also called Elem Kalabari ( Kalabari: ''New Shipping Port''), is the independent traditional state of the Kalabari people, a sub-group of the Ijaw tribe, eastern ijo, in the Niger River Delta. It is recognized as a tradi ...

: His Royal Majesty, King (Prof.) T.J.T Princewill, Abbi the XI, Amayanabo of

. These communities have been grouped into thirteen (13)

electoral An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated s ...

wards, ten (10) of these wards are within the capital,

City A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

; while the remaining are grouped into Isia Group I, Isia Group II and West Central Group. The local government area has an estimated area of 113 km and a population of 308,800 by projection of March 21, 2016. The

postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

of the area is 504101 .

References

Local Government Areas in Rivers State 1989 establishments in Nigeria 1980s establishments in Rivers State {{RiversNG-geo-stub