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Asari-Toru
Asari-Toru
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Rivers State
Date created	29 May 1989
Seat	Buguma
Area
• Land	44 sq mi (113 km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

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Asari-Toru is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria.

General Information

Asari-Toru Local Government Area was created out of the old Degema Local Government Area on May 16, 1989 under the Hon. Eziwoke Wokoma. The inhabitants are of a common language which is the “Kalabari” speaking nationality, with ancestral origin and beliefs.

Asari-Toru is the “Seat” of the Ancestral Stool of the Kalabari Speaking Dynasty which cuts across Akuku-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas.

The Local Government Area upon creation presently encompasses Seventeen (17) Communities namely: Buguma, Abalama, Abiama, Angulama, Atuka, Ido, Ifoko, Illelema, Krakrama, Minama, Okpo, Omekweama, Omekwetariama, Oporoama, Sama, Agama, Tema. Buguma City is the Headquarters of the Local Government Area and Seat of the King of Kalabari Kingdom: His Royal Majesty, King (Prof.) T.J.T Princewill, Abbi the XI, Amayanabo of Kalabari Kingdom.

These communities have been grouped into thirteen (13) electoral wards, ten (10) of these wards are within the capital, Buguma City; while the remaining are grouped into Isia Group I, Isia Group II and West Central Group.

The local government area has an estimated area of 113 km² and a population of 308,800 by projection of March 21, 2016

The postal code of the area is 504101 .^[1]

References

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 '''Asari-Toru''' is a [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|Local Government Area]] in [[Rivers State]], [[Nigeria]].
 ==General Information==
+Asari-Toru Local Government Area was created out of the old Degema Local Government Area on May 16, 1989 under the Hon. Eziwoke Wokoma. The inhabitants are of a common language which is the “Kalabari” speaking nationality, with ancestral origin and beliefs.
-Asari-Toru Local Government Area was created out of the old Degema Local Government Area on May 16, 1989 under the Hon. Eziwoke Wokoma. The inhabitants are of a common language which is the “Kalabari” speaking nationality, with ancestral origin and beliefs. Asari-Toru is the “Seat” of the Ancestral Stool of the Kalabari Speaking Dynasty which cuts across Akuku-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas. The Local Government Area upon creation presently encompasses Seventeen (17) Communities namely: Buguma, Abalama, Abiama, Angulama, Atuka, Ido, Ifoko, Illelema, Krakrama, Minama, Okpo, Omekweama, Omekwetariama, Oporoama, Sama, Agama, Tema. Buguma City is the Headquarters of the Local Government Area and Seat of the King of Kalabari Kingdom: His Royal Majesty, King (Prof.) T.J.T Princewill, Abbi the XI, Amayanabo of Kalabari Kingdom. Within the Seventeen (17) communities, an estimated population of Three Hundred and Fifty thousand (350,000) persons can be identified as inhabiting these Communities.These communities have been grouped into thirteen (13) electoral wards. The Local Government Area upon creation presently encompasses Seventeen (17) Communities namely: Buguma, Abalama, Abiama, Angulama, Atuka, Ido, Ifoko, Illelema, Krakrama, Minama, Okpo, Omekweama, Omekwetariama, Oporoama, Sama, Sangama, Tema.
-It has an area of 113&nbsp;km² and a population of 220,100 at the 2006 census.
+Asari-Toru is the “Seat” of the Ancestral Stool of the Kalabari Speaking Dynasty which cuts across Akuku-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas.
-The [[postal code]] of the area is 504.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |work= |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=7 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
+The Local Government Area upon creation presently encompasses Seventeen (17) Communities namely: Buguma, Abalama, Abiama, Angulama, Atuka, Ido, Ifoko, Illelema, Krakrama, Minama, Okpo, Omekweama, Omekwetariama, Oporoama, Sama, Agama, Tema. Buguma City is the Headquarters of the Local Government Area and Seat of the King of Kalabari Kingdom: His Royal Majesty, King (Prof.) T.J.T Princewill, Abbi the XI, Amayanabo of Kalabari Kingdom.
+These communities have been grouped into thirteen (13) electoral wards, ten (10) of these wards are within the capital, Buguma City; while the remaining are grouped into Isia Group I, Isia Group II and West Central Group.
+The local government area has an estimated area of 113&nbsp;km² and a population of 308,800 by projection of March 21, 2016
+The [[postal code]] of the area is 504101 .<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |work= |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=7 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
 ==References==