Rivers State according to the 2006 census data is the sixth-largest geographic area in Nigeria. The state was formed in 1967 with the split of the Eastern Region of Nigeria. In 1996 the state lost territory to form Bayelsa State. The State capital is Port-Harcourt. The state has an indigenously diverse population with the dominant ethnic groups being the Ogoni, Ijaw, and Ikwerre. The people from Rivers State are known as “Riverians”.
The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
The Ikwerre are one of the many native ethnic groups in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.They are considered a part of the larger Igbo ethnic group, although many Ikwerre do not consider themselves Igbo, but a distinct ethnic nationality
The Ogoni people are people in the region of Southeastern Senatorial district in Rivers State Nigeria. They now number about over two million people and live in a 404-square-mile (1,050 km2) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland.
Related ethnic groups
Ibibio, Igbo, Ikwere, Ijaw, Efik, Ejagham, Annang
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