Port Harcourt, Industrial port city in Rivers State, Nigeria
Port Harcourt extends along the Bonny River in the Niger Delta region, with an urban population of 3.4 million inhabitants in 2023.
The British colonial administration established Port Harcourt in 1912 as a coal export terminal, naming it after Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Port Harcourt Book Festival draws authors and readers from across Africa, leading to UNESCO designating the city as World Book Capital in 2014.
The Trans-Amadi Industrial Estate spans 2,500 acres, manufacturing tires, aluminum products, glass bottles, paper, and numerous industrial materials.
The city's first oil refinery, established in 1965 at Alesa-Eleme, marks the beginning of Nigeria's petroleum processing industry.
Location: Port Harcourt
Inception: 1912
Elevation above the sea: 18
Area: 360
Part of: South South, Rivers State
Shares border with: Owerri, Gulf of Guinea
GPS coordinates: 4.75000,7.00000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 20:48
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium
24.4 km
Ariaria International Market
55.6 km
Port Harcourt Pleasure Park
9.2 km
Aba Nigeria Temple
59.4 km
Port Harcourt Tourist Beach
1.7 km
Isaac Boro Park
4.2 km
Edumanom Forest Reserve
71.5 km
Yakubu Gowon Stadium
8.7 km
King Jaja of Opobo Memorial
65.3 km
Port Harcourt Zoo
8.5 km
Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital Port Harcourt
6.3 km
Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri
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Finima Nature Park
44 km
Underground water Reservoir and Eartn Retaining Wall Works
9.9 km
Garden City Amusement Park
8.7 km
Azumini Blue River
58.4 km
Ifoko beach, Rivers
1.7 km
Chief Ochu Kalu's House
57.5 km
Obu House
57.6 km
Roey amusement park
9.9 km
Ogbunabali, Diobu, Nigeria - panoramio (2)
7.9 km
African Lady friying " BONS" for a local event
8.1 km
A distant eruption (15304776819)
11.1 km
Mosque at mile 1
4.6 km
Afterglow (15468567026)
11.1 km
Black and white detail
13.1 km
Summer garden
13.8 km
Nigerian dish called "bole"
10 kmReviews
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