Mkpat-Enin is located in the south south region of Nigeria and is a town and a Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State. It sits at an altitude of approximately 185 metres (607 ft) above sea level. Mkpat Enin LGA has an area of 322.352 square kilometres (124.461 sq mi) and it’s the second largest local government area in Akwa Ibom state. The LGA is located […]
Mbo is located in the South Eastern part of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State. Following the local government creation exercise of the federal government in 1989 Mbo Local Government Area was carved out of Oron Division same year. Mbo is bounded in the North axis by Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area, in the South axis by Atlantic Ocean and Cameroon , in the East […]
Itu is located in the southeast of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The Local Government Area occupies a landmass of approximately 606.1 0 square kilometers. It is bounded in the North and North-East by Odukpani in Cross River State and Arochukwu in Abia State, in the West by Ibiono Ibom and Ikono Local Government Areas, in the South and southeast by Uyo and Uruan Local Government Areas, respectively Towns and Villages in Itu LGA The following Towns and […]
Ini is located in the south of Nigeria and is a local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The location of the Ini Local Government Area covers the former Ikono Local Government Area and Abia State. It has a land area of 320,451 square kilometres. People The people of Ini Local Government area are members of the Ibibio people. Ibibio, Itu Mbon Uso/Nkari languages are spoken. As […]
History Oral history indicated The Annangs first settled the area in the 16th century. Ikot Ekpene is known as a regional centre of commerce, with notable exports of palm products, especially palm oil, kernels, raffia products including raffia fibers and its wine, and ground crops of yams, cassava, taro, and corn. The population is made up primarily of the Annang people with a small number of Igbo traders […]
History Because of its location at the break in the mangrove swamp and rain forest of the eastern Niger River delta, it was a collecting point for slaves in the 19th century. in 1870, Jubo Juboha came to Ikot Abasi and founded the kingdom of Opobo. He was a former Igbo (Ibo) slave. Ikot Abasi, a community […]
History and population Ikono is one of the four largest Local Government Areas in the state, the others being oruk Anam, Ibiono-Ibom, Essien Udim. it came into existence in september, 1996 when it was carved out of Itu Local Government Area. The people of Ikono are great farmers, who cultivates both cash and food crops, palm tree, kolanut trees, cassava, […]