# Buguma

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Town in Rivers State, Nigeria

City in Rivers State, Nigeria

Buguma City Asari City Buguma City Location in Nigeria Coordinates: 4°44′N 6°52′E / 4.733°N 6.867°E / 4.733; 6.867 Country Nigeria State Rivers State Government • Type Local Government Council Headquarter • Chairman/Mayor Hon. Onengiyeofori George Time zone UTC+1 (WAT) Nigerian Postal Code 504101

**Buguma City** ([pronunciation](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Ha-Buguma.ogg/Ha-Buguma.ogg.mp3)[ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ha-Buguma.ogg)) is a larger [town](/source/Town) in [Rivers State](/source/Rivers_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). It is the [headquarters](/source/Headquarters) of the [Asari-Toru](/source/Asari-Toru) [Local Government Area](/source/Local_Government_Areas_of_Nigeria) and base of the [Kalabari Kingdom](/source/Kalabari_Kingdom), a [Nigerian traditional state](/source/Nigerian_traditional_state).

The town has an official post office and a big set of commercial fish ponds set up by the state government[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]. The current mayor, popularly addressed as chairman, of the LGA, which Buguma City is the headquarters, is Hon. Onengiyeofori George [1]

It is also home to the great King Amachree of the [Kalabari kingdom](/source/Kalabari_Kingdom).[2]

In 1983, Buguma was designated a city by the [Government](/source/Government) of Melford Okilo and that status subsists to date.[3]

## Notable people

- [Hilda Dokubo](/source/Hilda_Dokubo)

- [Taribo West](/source/Taribo_West)

- [Mercy Akidy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Akidy&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Abbey George](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abbey_George&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Hon. Alaso Obi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._Alaso_Obi&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Asari Dokubo](/source/Asari_Dokubo)

- [King T.J.T Princewill](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_T.J.T_Princewill&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Tam David-West](/source/Tam_David-West)

- [Maj. Temple Amachree](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maj._Temple_Amachree&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Ojukaye Flagg-Amachree](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ojukaye_Flagg-Amachree&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Rex Lawson](/source/Rex_Lawson)

- [Hon. Boma Goodhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._Boma_Goodhead&action=edit&redlink=1)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Post Offices- with map of LGA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx). NIPOST. Archived from [the original](http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["King of Buguma and Kalabari nation"](http://www.amachree.com). Kalabari Nation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983 referred to “Buguma City Council”; the only other City Council after Port Harcourt City Council.

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