Port Harcourt
capital of Rivers State, Nigeria
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Summary
Port Harcourt is a port city[1]. It draws 3,190 Wikipedia views per month (port city category, ranking #16 of 41).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Port Harcourt[3]
- Country: Nigeria[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gulf of Guinea[5]
- Continent: Africa[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Shares border with: Owerri[8], Gulf of Guinea[9]
- Named after: Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Kansas City[11]
- Postal code: 500101 to 500272[12]
- Part of: South South[13], Rivers State[14]
- Commons category: Port Harcourt[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[16]
- Inception: 1912[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Port Harcourt[18]
- Population: 3,325,000[19], 3,480,000[20]
- Capital of: Rivers State[21]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Ikwerre[22], Ijaw[23], Ogoni[24], Igboid[25], Igbo[26], Ijoid[27], Nigerian Pidgin[28]
- Official name: PortHarcoutt[29]
- Category for people born here: Q8068815[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Port Harcourt[31]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Port Harcourt[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Port Harcourt[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 18 m[34], 18[35]
- Area: 360 km²[36], 360[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Port Harcourt include Port Harcourt International Airport[38], an international airport[39], in Nigeria[40].
Why It Matters
Port Harcourt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for it include Port Harcourt International Airport[38], an international airport[39], in Nigeria[40].