Urue-Offong/Oruko
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Urue-Offong/Oruko is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State created in September 1991.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Urue-Offong/Oruko
- Settlement.other_name
- Oron West
- Settlement.native_name
- Iyák Oro
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Akwa Ibom State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Capital
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Urue Offong Town
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- RT. Hon. Chief Amb Uno Etim Uno
- Settlement.established_title
- Creation date
- Settlement.established_date
- 1991
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Akwa Ibom State
- Population
- 71159
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Clans and settlement
- Geography
- Natural Resources/People
- Kingship
- Prominent People
- See also
- References
Urue-Offong/Oruko is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State created in September 1991.
Urue-Offong/Oruko is one of the five Oro language speaking Local Government Area bounded in the North West by Okobo, Akwa Ibom, Oron, Akwa Ibom in the North East, bounded in the East by Udung Uko, and in the South East by Mbo, Akwa Ibom and also bounded by Esit Eket in the South West.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urue-Offong/Oruko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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