Gokana (Gokana)
Gokana is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town(community) of Kpor but the traditional headquater is Giokoo.
It has an area of 126 km2 and a population of 228,828 at the 2006 census. The local language is the Gokana language. Gokana is also divided into two major divisions which are Dee-nwee Gokana also known as pa numuu and Dee-si Gokana also known as pa bookpo.
The postal code of the area is 504.
Gokana is divided into seventeen towns (Communities), namely: Degen, Deeyor, Yeghe, Biara, Nwebiara, Barako, Nweol, Giokoo, Bera, Lewe, Bomu, Mogho, Kpor, Baranyonwa Dere, Kegbara Dere, Goi and Bodo. Each town is headed by a king. The seventeen towns are further subdivided into villages. All seventeen towns have one common ancestry.the native Gokana week is made up of five days namely: Maa, Bon, Zua, SJon, Koo(pronounced cur). Koo is the official sabbath or rest day when our indigenes were to stay at home and not go to the farm. However, it is worthy to note that the days of rest now differs as different communitiea now have their own days. The Gokana people have a rich cultural heritage. The main religions are Christianity and African traditional religions; although most of its customs, traditions and festivals have become extinct due to urbanization and rural-urban migration, some have survived. Amongst these is the "Naa Bira Dae" festival, celebrated around late March to early April in honour of the goddess of the night. It lasts for 15 days or three local weeks and during this period, no woman, child or uninitiated adult male is allowed to go out, except emergency services such as the police. The Gokana language, of the Ogonoid group of the Cross-River branch of the large Niger-Congo language family,[1] is the main spoken language. Weddings, burials(of people who died in old age)and the naming of a child are important ceremonies among the people of Gokana and they are celebrated in style. Gokana kingdom is headed by a king called the "Gbere Mene" of Gokana Kingdom whose stool is situated at the traditional headquarters of Gokana (Giokoo).
It has an area of 126 km2 and a population of 228,828 at the 2006 census. The local language is the Gokana language. Gokana is also divided into two major divisions which are Dee-nwee Gokana also known as pa numuu and Dee-si Gokana also known as pa bookpo.
The postal code of the area is 504.
Gokana is divided into seventeen towns (Communities), namely: Degen, Deeyor, Yeghe, Biara, Nwebiara, Barako, Nweol, Giokoo, Bera, Lewe, Bomu, Mogho, Kpor, Baranyonwa Dere, Kegbara Dere, Goi and Bodo. Each town is headed by a king. The seventeen towns are further subdivided into villages. All seventeen towns have one common ancestry.the native Gokana week is made up of five days namely: Maa, Bon, Zua, SJon, Koo(pronounced cur). Koo is the official sabbath or rest day when our indigenes were to stay at home and not go to the farm. However, it is worthy to note that the days of rest now differs as different communitiea now have their own days. The Gokana people have a rich cultural heritage. The main religions are Christianity and African traditional religions; although most of its customs, traditions and festivals have become extinct due to urbanization and rural-urban migration, some have survived. Amongst these is the "Naa Bira Dae" festival, celebrated around late March to early April in honour of the goddess of the night. It lasts for 15 days or three local weeks and during this period, no woman, child or uninitiated adult male is allowed to go out, except emergency services such as the police. The Gokana language, of the Ogonoid group of the Cross-River branch of the large Niger-Congo language family,[1] is the main spoken language. Weddings, burials(of people who died in old age)and the naming of a child are important ceremonies among the people of Gokana and they are celebrated in style. Gokana kingdom is headed by a king called the "Gbere Mene" of Gokana Kingdom whose stool is situated at the traditional headquarters of Gokana (Giokoo).
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Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first internal unification in the country. The modern state originated with British colonialization in the 19th century, taking its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914 by Lord Lugard. The British set up administrative and legal structures while practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms in the Nigeria region. Nigeria became a formally independent federation on 1 October 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970, followed by a succession of military dictatorships and democratically elected civilian governments until achieving a stable democracy in the 1999 presidential election. The 2015 general election was the first time an incumbent president failed to be re-elected.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| NGN | Nigerian naira | ₦ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| EN | English language |
| HA | Hausa language |
| IG | Igbo language |
| YO | Yoruba language |