🇳🇬 Settlement

Port Harcourt

Evidence: Multiple sources

Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State, as listed in the First Schedule to the 1999 Constitution.

Key facts
Type
Settlement
Located in
Rivers State
Other names
  • Port-Harcourt · spelling variant
    Spelling used in the Constitution's First Schedule.
Sources
  1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 — Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Capital city of Rivers State (First Schedule Part I)
  2. States of Nigeria — Gwillim Law, Statoids · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Capital of Rivers

Last updated 24 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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