Etim Ekpo

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Etim Ekpo
LGA and town
Etim Ekpo
Coordinates: 5°1′N 7°37′E / 5.017°N 7.617°E / 5.017; 7.617
Country	Nigeria
State	Akwa Ibom State
Government
• Chairman	Gideon Uwah
Area
• Total	77.4 sq mi (200.4 km2)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	135,200
• Density	1,700/sq mi (670/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Etim Ekpo is a town and Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.^[2] The area has 11 wards.

Created from the former Abak division, Etim Ekpo is one of the Annang-speaking areas. The seat of the local government council is in Utu Etim Ekpo a community in a Etim Ekpo.^{[citation needed]} The inhabitants of this town is estimated to be 108,418, according to 2006 population census.^[3] Etim Ekpo Local Government Area is made up of four districts of seventy-four communities and villages.^[4] The people of this clime are predominantly subsistence farmer, traders and craftsmen. Natural resources in Etim Ekpo Local Government area are sharp sand, gravel, timber and oil-palm.^[5] The people of Etim Ekpo are mainly farmers, but the educated indigenes work as civil servants within and outside the local government area. In the area of education, there are many public and private secondary schools. The local government area is the home of one private university, the Obong university, located at Obong Ntak. The people of Etim Ekpo are vast in knowledge and every other creative activity.

Etim Ekpo LGA observes two seasons which are the dry and the blustery seasons. The normal temperature of the area is 25 °C while the normal stickiness of the area is put at 88%. The normal absolute precipitation recorded in Etim Ekpo LGA is 3250 mm per year.^{[citation needed]}

Etim Ekpo LGA has significantly a lot of raw petroleum and flammable gas stores. Fishing is additionally a significant monetary movement nearby with the few streams and feeders in the areas being wealthy in fish. Other significant occupations of individuals of Etim Ekpo LGA incorporate kayak making, cultivating, and exchange.^[6]

Source:^[7]

1. Atan
2. Atuai
3. Ete Edet
4. Ikot Akasor
5. Ikot Akpan Odomo
6. Ikot Ikpa
7. Ikot Inyang
8. Ikot Inyang Ekpo
9. Ikot Obio Nta
10. Ikot Udo Etor
11. Ntak Inyang
12. Uruk Ata Ikot
13. Uruk Ata Ikot Ebo
14. Uruk Ata Ikot Ekpor
15. Uruk Ata Ikot Isemin
16. Uruk Ata Ikot Otok
17. Uruk Ata Ikot Udedia
18. Uruk Ata Ikot-Akpankpan
19. Uruk Ata Nsidung
20. Uruk Ata Ikot Akpan

1. Ikot Akpa Nsek
2. Ikot Akpakpan
3. Ikot Edek
4. Ikot Iya
5. Ikot Obio Ema
6. Ikot Odong
7. Ikot Udo Nta
8. Ikpe Atai
9. Ikpe Ikot Akwa
10. Inen Ikot Okpo
11. Nto Edet
12. Nto Unang
13. Nung Oko Ikot
14. Nwot Ikono
15. Ikot Edet -Affia

1. Ekwet Ikot Ebo
2. Etek Utu Ikot Eboro
3. Ikot Akpan
4. Ikot Mboho
5. Ikot Nkim
6. Nto Obo
7. Uruk Ata Ikot Akpan
8. Uruk Eshiet
9. Utu Etim Ekpo
10. Utu Idung Akpan Udom
11. Utu Ikot Ekpo
12. Utu Ikot Imonte
13. Utu Ikot Nkor
14. Utu Nsekhe

1. Abak Obong
2. Abat Town
3. Esa Obong
4. Ibio Edem Urua
5. Ibio Nung Achat
6. Ibio Nung Iba
7. Ikot Ama
8. Ikot Awak
9. Ikot Ese
10. Ikot Esop
11. Ikot Inung
12. Ikot Iya
13. Ikot Mkporikpo
14. Ikot Obio Ama
15. Ikot Udo Obong
16. Ikot Umo Ebat
17. Mkporikpo Utit-Idim
18. Ndot Obong
19. Obon Ebot
20. Obong Ata Essien
21. Obong Ikot Akpan
22. Obong Ntak
23. Obong Utit Idim
24. Omum Unyam
25. Otoro Obong
26. Udianga Enem

Utut Annang District:

Ikot Nyah

Ikpe Annang

Utu Ata 11

Iwukem

Edem Akai

Ikot Ayah

Ikot Ama

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