Yakurr
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Yakurr is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its capital is the town of Ugep. The local government area (LGA) was carved out of Obubra local government in 1987.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Yakurr
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cross River State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Capital
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hon. Yibala Igri Inyang
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 670
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 196450
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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Yakurr is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its capital is the town of Ugep. The local government area (LGA) was carved out of Obubra local government in 1987.
Yakurr has an area of 670 km and a population of 196,450 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 543.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yakurr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.