D-line, Port Harcourt

D-line
Neighborhood of Port Harcourt
Coordinates: 4°48′8″N 7°0′10″E / 4.80222°N 7.00278°E / 4.80222; 7.00278Coordinates: 4°48′8″N 7°0′10″E / 4.80222°N 7.00278°E / 4.80222; 7.00278
Country Nigeria
State Rivers State
LGA Port Harcourt
City Port Harcourt
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

D-line is a major business and urban residential neighborhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Its geographical coordinates are 4°48'8" North, 7°0'10" East.[1] The neighborhood is sometimes spelled "D/Line" and has a zipcode of 500261.[2][3]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt and the Methodist Church of Nigeria have their cathedrals situated in D-line.[4][5]

Geography

D-line is located approximately 5 km (3 miles) away from the Port Harcourt NAF Base, and approximately 8 km (5 miles) south-west of Elelenwo.[1]

Nearby places

Education

Schools

There are elementary and secondary schools operating within the D-line boundaries:

  • Government Girls Secondary School, Oromineke.
  • Methodist Comprehensive High School[6]
  • Niger Grammar School

Notable residents (past and present)

  • Agbani Darego (born 1982), model, best known as the first Black African Miss World.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dline Area (Port Harcourt)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  2. ↑ "RSG To Transform D/Line To Modern City – Giadom". The Tide. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. ↑ "D-line, Port Harcourt, Rivers:500261". Nigeria Postcode. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Celebrities Storm Engr Nwilene's Birthday Bash". The Tide. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Methodist Church honours Aiku". The Nation. 2011-06-05. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Secondary Schools". Methodist Church Nigeria. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.


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