Eleme, Rivers
Eleme is a local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is part of the Port Harcourt metropolitan city.

Eleme has its headquarters in the town of Ogale. It covers an area of 138 km2 and at the 2006 Census had a population of 190,884.  The Eleme people are Eleme's main indigenous ethnic group. Eleme LGA has two districts- Nchia and Odido and both administered under the Crown of the Oneh Eh Eleme (King of Eleme.)

The Eleme language, of the Cross-River branch of the larger Niger-Congo language family, is the main spoken language.

Eleme has two of Nigeria's four, as of 2005, petroleum refineries and one of Nigeria's busiest seaport and the largest seaport in West Africa located at Onne, a famous town with numerous industries.

Towns and villages in Eleme Local government 
Eleme has ten major towns or principalities which they refer to as The Ten Kingdoms. Each of these towns has numerous clans, subclans and villages. The ten major towns includes:

 Agbonchia
 Akpajo
 Alesa
 Aleto
 Alode
 Ebubu
 Ekporo
 Eteo
 Ogale
 Onne

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Local Government Areas in Rivers State
Geography of Port Harcourt
1996 establishments in Nigeria
1990s establishments in Rivers State