Borokiri

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|subdivision_name1 =Rivers State

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|subdivision_name2 = Port Harcourt (a.k.a. PHALGA)

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Borokiri (also spelled Borikiri) is a neighborhood of the city of Port Harcourt situated just south of Old GRA in Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies at latitude 4.749° N and longitude 7.035° E.{{Cite web |title=Borokiri, Port Harcourt « HEYPLACES.COM.NG |url=https://heyplaces.com.ng/06952/Borokiri,_Port_Harcourt |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=heyplaces.com.ng |language=en-NG}}{{Cite news |last=profilbaru.com |title=Borokiri, Port Harcourt - Profilbaru.Com |language=en |url=https://profilbaru.com/article/Borokiri,_Port_Harcourt |access-date=2023-04-28}} The neighborhood is bounded by Ahoada Street to the north, Okrika Island to the east (across Aboturu Creek), Orubiri oilfield to the south and Ship Builders Road to the west. Its land uses include residential, commercial, institutional and recreation.{{cite web|url=http://www.isocarp.net/projects/case_studies/cases/cs_info.asp?ID=1183|title=The Growth of Borokiri and the influence on Property Value in Port Harcourt|publisher=Isocarp Case Info|accessdate=2014-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194356/http://www.isocarp.net/projects/case_studies/cases/cs_info.asp?ID=1183|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Borokiri/@4.7486685,7.0349622,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x1069cbbbf5055047:0xf9312a0ce9731a56|title=Location of Borokiri at Google Maps|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2014-07-05}}

Education

The following is a list of schools operating within this area:

  • Enitonna High School{{cite news|url=http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2012/11/23/enitonna-to-become-co-educational-school/|title=Enitonna To Become Co-Educational School |date=2012-11-23|work=The Tide|location=Port Harcourt, Nigeria|publisher=Rivers State Newspaper Corporation|accessdate=2014-07-06}}
  • Government Comprehensive Secondary School
  • New Covenant Secondary School
  • Nigerian Navy Secondary School{{cite web|url=http://nnedu.org/main/nnss-port-harcourt/|title=NNSS Port Harcourt|publisher=Nnedu.org|accessdate=2014-07-05}}
  • Our Lady of Fatima College
  • Wisdom Child International Schools {{Cite web|url=http://www.wisdomchildinternationalschool.com/|title=Wisdom Child International School|last=name|first=Your|website=www.wisdomchildinternationalschool.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-16}}
  • Divine Nursery & Primary School
  • Divine International College
  • Springfield Nursery & Primary School
  • Sunrise School

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