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Buguma

Coordinates: 4°44′N 6°52′E / 4.733°N 6.867°E / 4.733; 6.867
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Buguma City
Asari
City
Buguma City is located in Nigeria
Buguma City
Buguma City
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°44′N 6°52′E / 4.733°N 6.867°E / 4.733; 6.867
Country Nigeria
StateRivers State
Government
 • TypeLocal Government Council Headquarter
 • Chairman/MayorHon. (Amb) Onengiyeofori George (Starboy)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
 • Summer (DST)+1 GMT
Nigerian Postal Code
504101

Buguma City is a larger town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area and base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state.

The town has an official post office and a big set of commercial fish ponds set up by the state government[citation needed]. The current mayor, popularly addressed as chairman, of the LGA, which Buguma City is the headquarters, is Hon. (Amb) Onengiyeofori George (Starboy).[1]

It is also home to the great King Amachree of the Kalabari kingdom.[2]

In 1983, Buguma was designated a city by the Government of Melford Okilo and that status subsists to date.[3]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ "King of Buguma and Kalabari nation". Kalabari Nation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  3. ^ The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983 referred to “Buguma City Council”; the only other City Council after Port Harcourt City Council.