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Bonny, Nigeria

Field	Value
name	Bonny
official_name	Bonny Island
native_name	Okoloama
settlement_type	City and local government area
image_skyline	Bonny City - panoramio.jpg
image_caption	Bonny panoramic
pushpin_map	Nigeria
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Nigeria
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Rivers State
subdivision_type2	Ibani, Igbo, English
subdivision_name2	Languages
government_type	Local Government Council
leader_title1	Local Government Chairman
leader_name1	Hon. (Dame) Anengi Barasua
(Action Peoples Party - APP)
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	645.60
population_as_of	2006
population_total	214,983
timezone	WAT
utc_offset	+1
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal/Zip code
postal_code	503101

(Action Peoples Party - APP) Bonny (originally Okoloama) is a traditional, coastal town and local government area (LGA) in Rivers State in Southern Nigeria, on the Bight of Bonny. It is also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny.

The region produces a type of crude oil known as Bonny Light oil. Much of the oil extracted onshore in Rivers State is piped to Bonny for export. It has the biggest LNG gas plant in Nigeria, with six trains. Currently, the Federal Government of Nigeria has set plans for the construction of the seventh train of the NLNG to boost its gas production in anticipation of dominating the African market.

Bonny has a bridge being constructed from Bodo in Gokana LGA (also in Rivers State) to enable land transportation. A deep seaport is underway as a corporate social responsibility project from CCECC.

Kingdom of Bonny

Main article: Kingdom of Bonny

The Kingdom of Bonny was a sovereign state in the Niger Delta. It is currently one of Nigeria's traditional states.

The original first settlement, which began as a small town, was called Okoloama, a name taken from the Okulo (or Curlews) that inhabited the island in large numbers.

The Kingdom of Bonny was powerful beginning in the 15th century with the advent of the Portuguese and the following Atlantic slave trade. In the 19th century, it came under increasing pressure from the British to end the trade. It collapsed in the subsequent Bonny civil war of 1869 which led to part of Bonny leaving to go form another Kingdom of Opobo. A remnant of Bonny continues to exist, however, as a part of the contemporary aristocratic structure of Nigeria.

Presently, Bonny Kingdom is subdivided into two main segments – the mainland and the hinterland. The mainland comprises Bonny Island, which has both Okoloama and Finima and their segments, namely the Main Island (Township), Sandfield, Iwoama, Orosikiri, Aganya, Ayambo, Akiama, Isilegono, New Road, Wilbross pipeline, Workers Camp, and some outlying fishing settlements lying along the Bonny River's coastline. The hinterland includes the village communities such as Kuruma, Fibiri, Oloma, Ayama, Kalaibiama, Ifoko, Sangamabie, Abalamabie and Epellematubo.

Climate and geography

The island known as Bonny LGA is located in the Bight of Bonny.

The LGA has two different seasons—the rainy and the dry seasons—and a total area of 646 square kilometers. Bonny LGA's average temperature is recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, and the area's humidity content is reported at 92%.

References

"GeoHive - Nigeria population statistics".
Leonard, Arthur Glyn. (1906). "The lower Niger and its tribes.". Macmillan.
"Attractions, Activities and History of Bonny Island".
Alagoa, E. J.. (1971). "Nineteenth Century Revolutions in the Eastern Delta states and Calabar". Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria 5(4).
"Bonny Local Government Area".
"Bonny Weather Forecast - Rivers, NG".
"Simulated historical climate & weather data for Bonny".

Wikipedia Source

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