Port Harcourt (which 80% of its area is in ikwerre land while 20% okirika,eleme e.t.c)

Pidgin : "Po-ta-kot"

It is the capital of Rivers State , Nigeria . It lies
along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta .
According to the 2006 Nigerian census Port Harcourt has
a population of 1,382,592. The port was built in 1912, but
not given a name until August 1913, when the Governor
of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard , named it "Port Harcourt" instead of Port Rebisi (Ikwerre land)
in honour of Lewis Vernon Harcourt, then the Secretary of
State for the Colonies.

The area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before,
that part of the farmlands of the Diobu village group of the
Ikwerre ethnic nationality (One of the numerous ethnic group of the niger delta region of nigeria). The colonial
administration of Nigeria created the port to export coal
from the collieries of Enugu located 151 miles (243 km)
north of Port Harcourt, [18] to which it was linked by a
railway called the Eastern Line, also built by the British.

In 1956 crude oil was discovered in commercial
quantities at Oloibiri , and Port Harcourt's economy
turned to petroleum when the first shipment of Nigerian
crude oil was exported through the city in 1958. Through
the benefits of the Nigerian petroleum industry, Port
Harcourt was further developed, with aspects of
modernisation such as overpasses and city blocks . [3] Oil
firms that currently have offices in the city include Royal
Dutch Shell and Chevron.

Port Harcourt's primary airport is Port Harcourt
International Airport , located on the outskirts of the city;
the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base is the location of the
only other airport in the city and is used by commercial
airlines Aero Contractors and Virgin Nigeria (now Air
Nigeria ) for domestic flights. [21]
The main educational establishment in the city is the
University of Port Harcourt , and the current Mayor of Port
Harcourt is Chimbiko Akorolo.

HISTORY:

Port Harcourt was founded in 1912 by Frederick Lugard ,
governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and
the Southern Nigeria Protectorate . [22] Its purpose was to
export the coal that geologist Albert Ernest Kitson had
discovered in Enugu in 1909. [2][23] The colonial
government caused the people of Diobu to cede their
land, and in 1912 the building of a port-town was started.
[10] Other villages that were later absorbed into the city
included Oroworukwo, Mkpogua, and Rumuomasi; [24]
[25][26] In the creeks to the south of the original port
were the fishing camps and grounds of the Okrika - Ijaw
group.

During the First World War, Port Harcourt was used as a
point for military operations against the Central Powers
in German Kamerun . [3][27] After the discovery of crude
oil in Oloibiri in 1956, Port Harcourt exported the first
shipload from Nigeria in 1958. Port Harcourt became the
centre of the Nigerian oil economy [28] and it
subsequently reaped benefits of its associations with the
petroleum industry by undergoing modernisation and
urbanisation . [3] Port Harcourt's growth is further due to
its position as the commercial centre and foremost
industrial city of the former Eastern Region ; its position in
the Niger Delta; and its importance as the centre of social
and economic life in Rivers State. After the Republic of
Biafra seceded from Nigeria in 1967 Port Harcourt fell to
Nigerian forces on 19 May 1968. From an area of
15.54 km 2 in 1914, Port Harcourt grew uncontrolled to
an area of 360 km 2 in the 1980s...

welcome to port harcourt

good to know

@OP,
You just glossed over the role played by the former eastern Nigeria region in the development of Igwe ocha

The thieves are busy looting,they haven't yet thought of removing the colonial harcourt from the city's name.

redsun:
The thieves are busy looting,they haven't yet thought of removing the colonial harcourt from the city's name.

^^^A Robert Mugabe would have done it ages ago!

Story, Storyyyy, Story! But, Ikwerreboy this your history is yet to be completed. Did you say it is the history of Port/Harcourt, 'Pot-a-cot' or 'Igweocha'. Please complete the history.

Story, Storyyyy, Story! But, Ikwerreboy this your history is yet to be completed. Did you say it is the history of Port/Harcourt, 'Pot-a-cot' or 'Igweocha'. I must confess there is substance to your story and I'm loving it.

Oops double post.

Chiwude:
Story, Storyyyy, Story! But, Ikwerreboy this your history is yet to be completed. Did you say it is the history of Port/Harcourt, 'Pot-a-cot' or 'Igweocha'. Please complete the history.

Igweocha azin?

Its the history of Port Harcourt.

Ikwerreboy:


Igweocha azin?

Its the history of Port Harcourt.

port Rebisi would've made more sense!!
anyway when the oil dries up,we would think of what to do about the city's name