Bonny, Nigeria
Bonny
Okoloama | |
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City and Local Government Area | |
 Bonny panoramic | |
  Bonny | |
| Coordinates:4°26′N7°10′E/ 4.433°N 7.167°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Rivers State |
| Igbo,ibani, English | Languages |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Anengi Barasua (PDP) |
| • Deputy Local Government Chairman | Vacant |
| • Local Government Council | Ward 1: Ibienimi Geoffrey Allison (PDP) Ward 2: Kelvin Pepple (PDP) Ward 3: Fiberesima Pepple (PDP) Ward 4: Dipinye Nelson Jumbo (PDP) Ward 5: Ene Tomintoul (PDP) Ward 6: Erefagha Allaputa (PDP) Ward 7: Ibaningo Larry (PDP) Ward 8: Daniel Green (PDP) Ward 9: Godswill Pepple (PDP) Ward 10: Kingsley Tamy Jumbo (PDP) Ward 11: Patience Anetor Johnson Green (PDP) Ward 12: Marvellous Briston (PDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 249.27 sq mi (645.60 km2) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 214,983[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1(WAT) |
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Bonny(originallyOkoloama) is a traditional, coastal town and aLocal Government Area(LGA) inRivers Statein SouthernNigeria,on theBight of Bonny.It is also the capital of theKingdom of Bonny.
The region produces a type ofcrude oilknown asBonny Light oil.Much of the oil extracted onshore in Rivers State is piped to Bonny for export. It has the biggestLNGGas Plant in Nigeria with six (6) trains. Currently, the Federal Government of Nigeria has set plans for the construction of the 7th train of the NLNG to boost its gas production in anticipation of dominating the African market.
Bonny has a bridge being constructed from Bodo in Gokana LGA (also in Rivers State) to enable land transportation. A deep seaport is underway as acorporate social responsibilityproject from CCECC.
Kingdom of Bonny
[edit]The Kingdom of Bonny was a sovereign state in theNiger Delta.It is currently one of Nigeria'straditional states.
The original first settlement, which began as a small town, was calledOkoloama,a name taken from the Okulo (orCurlews) that inhabited the island in large numbers.[2][3]
The Kingdom of Bonny was powerful beginning in the 15th century with the advent of thePortugueseand the followingAtlantic slave trade.In the 19th century, it came under increasing pressure from theBritishto end the trade. It collapsed in the subsequentBonny civil warof 1869 which led to part of Bonny leaving to go form another Kingdom ofOpobo.[4]A remnant of Bonny continues to exist, however, as a part of the contemporaryaristocraticstructure ofNigeria.
Presently, Bonny Kingdom is subdivided into two main segments – the mainland and the hinterland. The mainland comprises Bonny Island that has both Okoloama and Finima and their segments, namely the Main Island (Township), Sandfield, Iwoama, Orosikiri, Aganya, Ayambo, Akiama, Isilegono, New Road, Wilbross pipeline, Workers Camp, and some outlying fishing settlements lying along the Bonny River's coastline. The hinterland includes the village communities such as Kuruma, Fibiri, Oloma, Ayama, Kalaibiama, Ifoko, Sangamabie, Abalamabie and Epellematubo.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^population at LGAs in geohive.https://web.archive.org/web/20131019213332/http:// geohive /cntry/nigeria.aspx.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-19.Retrieved2013-04-07.
{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^Leonard, Arthur Glyn (1906).The lower Niger and its tribes.London, New York: Macmillan.OL6982668M.
- ^"Attractions, Activities and History of Bonny Island".finelib.RetrievedJuly 22,2023.
- ^Alagoa, E. J. (1971).Nineteenth Century Revolutions in the Eastern Delta states and Calabar.Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria 5(4). pp. 565–570.
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