Mkpat-Enin
Sign in to saveMkpat-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 above sea level.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mkpat-Enin
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Akwa Ibom State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Executive Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hon. (Engr.) Emmanuel John Inyang
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 397.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 226,200
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.website
- http://mkpatenin.ak.gov.ng
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Akwa Ibom State
- Population
- 178036
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Economy
- Political Wards
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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 above sea level.
Mkpat Enin LGA has an area of and it's the second largest local government area in Akwa Ibom State. The LGA is located within the industrial belt extending from Eastern Obolo, Etinan, Oruk Anam, Onna, Ikot Abasi down to the Atlantic Ocean. The people are traditionally Ibibio speakers. The population was 178,036 based on the 2006 census. The area is rich in oil and natural gas; oil was discovered in Ikot Akpa/Ekop as early as 1953. Forest reserves in the local government area include timber and palm produce.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mkpat-Enin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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