Port Harcourt Postal Code / Zip Code Town Area – Full list (2024)

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Port Harcourt Town Area Postal Code / Zip Codes / Post Code

No.	Town Area	Postal Code
1.	Amadi flat	500251
2.	Bori Kiri	500244
3.	D -line	500261
4.	Diobu mile 1	500262
5.	Diobu mile 2	500263
6.	Diobu mile 3	500264
7.	Diobu mile 4	500265
8.	Eagle island Rumueme/Oroakwo	500262
9.	Ikwerre	500272
10.	Magbuoba	500271
11.	New layout	500243
12.	New G.R.A	500271
13.	Old G.R.A	500241
14.	Old Township	500242
15.	Rumuokwuta	500272
16.	Rumukrueshi	500211

• Area: Amadi flat 500251

Alabo Opia St., rocchukwu St., Asaba St., Atali St., Calabar St., Floyer St., Macauley St., Nzimiro St., Ogoja St., Paris Jones St.

• Area: Bori kiri 500244

Alabo Opia St., rocchukwu St., Asaba St., Atali St., Calabar St., Floyer St., Macauley St., Nzim
Etche St., Harold Wilson Drive, Kolokuma St., Nembe St., Okarki St., Rex Lawson St., Rumukrushe St., Sandilled Phase I, Sandfilled Phase II, Sandfilled Phase III.

• Area: D -line 500261

Agudama St., Amaigbo St., Asinobi St., Emekuku St., Ina Obasi St., Kaduna St., Khana St., Mbonu St., Okoroji St., Omoku St., Premabiri St., Wogu St.

• Area: Diobu mile 1 500262

Abba St., Abakaliki St., Abonnema Rd., Afikpo St., Agede St., Akokwa St., Awkuzu St., Emenike St., Ikot Ekpene St., Ikwerre Rd., Nanka St., Niemanze St., Njemanze, Nsukka St., Obodu St., Ogwa St., Ojike St., Okija St., Orlu St., Udi St., Urualla St., Uyo St., Agip Rd., Ebira Rd., Epirikom St., Express Way., Road C, Road A, Road B, Uni Tech. Rd.

• Area: Diobu mile 2 500263

Abel Jumbo St., Adelabu St., Anozie St., Echua St., Gambia St., Ihidionma St., Lumumba St., Ojoto St., Timber Rd.

• Area: Diobu mile 3 500264

Azikiwe St., Chigbu St., Ejigini St., Eji -Ogbu St., Ekwe St., Obaziolu St., Obunda St., Odunze St., School Rd., Wokoma St.

• Area: Diobu mile 4 500265

Customs and Ecise, National Council of women, Nursing school, Prisons Headquarters, Specialist Hospital

• Area: Eagle island Rumueme/Oroakwo 500262

Abba St., Abakaliki St., Abonnema Rd., Afikpo St., Agede St., Akokwa St., Awkuzu St., Emenike St., Ikot Ekpene St., Ikwerre Rd., Nanka St., Niemanze St., Njemanze, Nsukka St., Obodu St., Ogwa St., Ojike St., Okija St., Orlu St., Udi St., Urualla St., Uyo St., Agip Rd., Ebira Rd., Epirikom St., Express Way., Road C, Road A, Road B, Uni Tech. Rd.

• Area: Ikwerre 500272

Mgbuoba, NTA Area, Rumu one, Rumuigbo, Rumuokwuta

• Area: Magbuoba 500271

Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Epirikom Rd., Ikegwuru Rd., Ikwerre Rd., Road C., Rumuoluwuta Rd.

• Area: New layout 500243

Bishop Johnson St., Gapt. Amangala St., Gelsthorpe St., Ibadan St., King Jaja St., Moorehouse St., Ndoki St., Onitsha St.

• Area: New G.R.A 500271

Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Epirikom Rd., Ikegwuru Rd., Ikwerre Rd., Road C., Rumuoluwuta Rd.

• Area: Old G.R.A 500241

Abana St., Agina Ave., Akomas St., Allagoa Ave., Ebunine St., Ernest Ikoki St., Force Ave., Graham Ave., Harley St., Inikere St., Miller Ave., Umuahia St., William Jumbo St., Wokekoro St.

• Area: Old Township 500242

Accra St., Aggery St., Ahoada St., Asaba St., Azikiwe Rd., Banham St., Barrack Rd., Bathurst Rd., Bende St., Bernard Carr St. , Bonny St., Bori St., Brass St., Church Hill Rd., Creek Rd., Crowther St., Degema St., Diobu St., Elliot Henry St., Enugu St., Freetown St., Henshaw St., Hospital Rd., Industry Rd., Isaa Boro St., Jos St., Kano St., Lagos St., Market Rd., Moscownd , Niger St St., Okrika St St., Opobo St St., Paris Jones St St., Sokoto St St., Station (Okrika Rd), Tokoradi St., Victoria St.

• Area: Rumuokwuta 500272

Mgbuoba, NTA Area, Rumu one, Rumuigbo, Rumuokwuta

• Area: Rumukrueshi 500211

Elelewon, Shell Club, Shell Residential, Quarters, Woji Housing Estate.

TOP 17 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PORT HARCOURT POSTAL CODE

Port Harcourt is one of the best places to be in Nigeria. In terms of development, it is considered the third best metropolis in Nigeria –a feat it claims just behind Lagos and Abuja.

Besides being the capital and largest city in Rivers state, Port Harcourt is one of the biggest oil-producing cities in Niger Delta. Based on the population statistics recorded in 2006, Port Harcourt was estimated with 1,382,592 inhabitants. Being the chief city in Rivers state, Port Harcourt is composed of 8 LGA’s (Local Government Areas) among which are Eleme, Tai, Okrika, Ogu/Bolo, Obio/Akpor, Oyigbo, Ikwerre and Port Harcourt.

Meanwhile, the information above contains only a few facts about Port Harcourt. In order to deepen your knowledge of PH. If you’re keen to find out these facts, just endeavour to read this article to the concluding part.

• Port-Harcourt has been in existence before Nigeria’s amalgamation

Nigeria’s amalgamation came about in 1914 when the first British governor-general decided to join the Northern and Southern Protectorates. Meanwhile, the establishment of Port Harcourt can be traced back to 1912 and this was the year Nigeria’s British governor general [Frederick Lord Lugard] made it a terminal for the coal imported from another Nigerian city –Enugu. Notably, Enugu marked Nigeria’s first discovery of coal in 1909.

• Lord Lugard established PH to make it a depot for the coal discovered in Enugu in 1909

Enugu –one of the largest cities in the South-East –marked Nigeria’s first discovery of coal. This great discovery took place in 1909 while a British mining engineer (named Ernest Kitson) was walking around the Udi Ridge in present-day Enugu state. In view of this discovery, Lord Lugard –who was the then governor-general establish PH in 1912 with the purpose of making it a coal depot.

• Although PH was established in 1912, it received its name in 1913

After its establishment in 1912, Port Harcourt remained an anonymous city until Lord Lugard finally entitled it “Port Harcourt’’ in 1913 as a tribute to Lewis Vermon Harcourt –the then Secretary of State for Colonies

• In Igbo, Port Harcourt is known as Iguocha

Iguocha –coined from “Ugwuocha’’ –is the Igbo name for Port Harcourt and this could be the reason why many Igbo’s still claim it is part of Igboland. Besides, Port Harcourt has another name –Pitakwa –which is widely regarded as its street name.

• PH was the channel for Nigeria’s first exportation of crude oil

Nigeria’s first discovery of crude oil came about in 1958 in Oloibiri, Bayelsa state. Being a nearby city to Oloibiri, PH was used as the medium for the first exportation of crude oil in Nigeria.

• PH was the military headquarters of the Allied Forces

During the era of war between the Allied Forces and the Quadruple Alliance (in German Cameroon), the Allied Forces used Portharcourt as its mainstay for fighting against the latter.

• The people of Diobu were compelled to leave their land in PH

With the intent of transforming Port Harcourt into a city after establishment in 1912, the then colonial administration compelled the People of Diobu to leave their land.

• PH served as the first industrial and commercial centre of the former Eastern Region

In view of its enormous mineral resources and its well-planned location, Port Harcourt served as the first industrial and commercial centre of the former Eastern Region. Meanwhile, this is probably another reason why many pro-Biafrans believe PH is part of Biafra.

• PH was freed from the control of the Biafran Army in 1968

The Biafra war began in 1967 and during this time, Port Harcourt was under the control of the Biafran Army. But under severe pressure from the Nigerian Army, the Biafran Army lost its control of PH on 19th of May 1968.

• PH is one of the most populous commercial cities in Nigeria

Nigeria has a number of populous commercial cities and some of them are Lagos, Kano and PH. Based on estimates, more than 1.4 million people inhabit and do businesses in PH.

• PH is predominated by Christians

Being a city in the South-South (a Nigerian zone inhabited by mostly Christians), Port Harcourt has the majority of Christians and churches are found in almost every cranny and nook of the city.

• In terms of media, PH is one of the most advanced Nigerian cities

Port Harcourt has no less than 12 radio stations, making it a media-intensive city. Moreover, the city has a number of daily newspapers and the most popular of these is The Tirade

• PH is the birthplace of Ms. Agbani Darego

PH is seemingly the birthplace of some notable people. A good example is Ms. Agbani Darego who became the first native of sub-Saharan Africa to receive the prestigious Miss World –an award she bagged in 2001.

• PH is the largest city in the South-South

Nigeria is divided into 6 geopolitical zones and the South-South happens to be one of these zones. Interestingly, PH is the largest and most industrialized city in the zone and in terms of economy, it is one of the fastest growing cities in Nigeria.

• Port Harcourt is one of the largest oil-producing cities in Nigeria

Considered a part of the Niger-Delta group (the group of major oil-producing states in Nigeria), PH is endowed with enormous resources, making it the third biggest oil-producing city in Nigeria

• In PH, there are two major universities providing students with degrees in petroleum engineering

Located in PH, two universities, namely University of Port Harcourt and Rivers State University of Science and Technology, provide students with degrees in petroleum engineering.

• PH is nicknamed the Garden City

In view of its soothing atmosphere beautified with enormous ornaments and avenues, PH is popularly dubbed the Garden City.

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