Elele

{{Short description|Town in Rivers State, Nigeria}}

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{{Coord|5|6|6.63|N|6|49|8.48|E|region:NG|display=title}}

Elele is one of the big towns in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria.{{cite journal|title=Neonatal care – what do mothers in a rural Nigerian community know and practice?|first1=C. C.|last1=Nnebue|first2=C. B.|last2=Duru|first3=K. A.|last3=Uwakwe|first4=C. O.|last4=Ifeadike|first5=B. C.|last5=Anyanwu|first6=K. M.|last6=Adinnu|first7=P. O.|last7=Nwaneri|first8=I. J.|last8=Ufoh|journal=The Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine|year=2016|volume=9|issue=3|url=https://www.jnpm.org/content/neonatal-care-%E2%80%93-what-do-mothers-rural-nigerian-community-know-and-practice}}{{cite journal|title=Visual acuity pattern of adults in Elele, Rivers state, Nigeria|last=Ohadoma, S. G.|last2=Akuodor, G. C.|last3=Ikoro, N.|last4=Akpan, J. L.|journal=Journal of Health and Visual Sciences|publisher=AJOL|volume=9|issue=2|year=2007|pages=59–64|url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jhvs/article/view/42513}}{{cite journal|title=Indigenous Mushroom Harvesting and Strategies among Rural Women in Ikwerre Kingdom, Rivers State, Nigeria|first1=Caroline O.|last1=Elenwa|first2=Benjamin I.|last2=Isife|first3=Faith O.|last3=Nkoro|doi=10.4314/jae.v23i1.9|journal=Journal of Agricultural Extension|publisher=African Journals Online|doi-access=free}}{{cite book|title=Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture|volume=1|editor=Otonti A. Nduka|publisher=Kraft Books|year=1993|isbn=9789782081308|pages=29}} Madonna University is located in Elele in Ikwerre local government area.{{Cite web |title=Ikwerre Local Government Area |url=https://www.finelib.com/listing/Ikwerre-Local-Government-Area/62298/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.finelib.com}} Elele, one of the major cities in Rivers State, is a medium-sized town in the Niger Delta Region. It has a population of about 20,620. {{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} The distance between Elele and Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers, is roughly about 42 kilometers (26 miles) distant. It takes 445 kilometers (276 mi) to get from Elele to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.