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Akwa Ibom State

state in Nigeria
AdministrativeArea state_of_nigeria Q424388

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
state of Nigeria
Inception
September 23, 1987[29]
Official website
www.akwaibomstategov.com, akwaibomstate.gov.ng[30][31]

Location

Country
Nigeria[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 5.000°, 7.833°
Continent
Africa[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nigeria[2]
Shares border with
Abia State, Cross River State, Rivers State[8][9][10]

Population and size

Area
+7081[35]
Population
+3178950, +5482177[32][33]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 3,178,950 · 5,482,177 GeoNames 5,450,758 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+01:00, Western European Time[27][28]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+01:00 · Western European Time GeoNames Africa/Lagos edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +10
Capital
Uyo[6]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Abak, Eket, Eastern Obolo, Essien Udim, Etim Ekpo, Etinan, Esit Eket, Udung-Uko, Oruk Anam, Oron, Onna, Okobo, Obot Akara, Itu, Nsit-Ibom, Nsit Ubium, Nsit-Atai, Mbo, Uyo, Urue-Offong/Oruko, Uruan, Ukanafun, Ibeno, Ibesikpo Asutan, Ibiono-Ibom, Ika, Ikono, Ikot Abasi, Ikot Ekpene, Mkpat-Enin, Ini[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Executive body
Akwa Ibom Executive Council[26]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Nigeria/Akwa Ibom
Head of government
Umo Eno Bassey[4]
Language used
Anaang, Ekid, Khana, Efai, Ibuoro, Idere, Oro, Ibono, Okobo, Ilue, Iko, Ebughu, Efik, Obolo, Ibibio, Itu Mbon Uzo, Etebi, Uda, Nkari, Ito[36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
Legislative body
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly[25]
Office held by head of government
Governor of Akwa Ibom State[34]
Official language
English[7]
P14541
4L2Ugb
🏷️ Also known as
en Akwa Ibom State en Akwa Ibom ar ولاية اكوا ايبوم ar ولاية أكوا إبوم de NG-AK el Όκβα Ίμπορν fa اکوا ایبوم استیت fr Etat d'Akwa Ibom he אקווה איבום סטייט hi अक्वा इबोम राज्य id Akwa ibom ja アクワ・イボム州 ja アクワ・イボン州 ko 아콰이봄주 ms Negeri Akwa Ibom pt Akua Ibom pt Akua Ibom (estado) pt Akwa Ibom pt Akwa Ibom (estado) pt Estado de Akwa Ibom
🔖 Identifiers · 26
GND ID
1230824200
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Meridien Akwa Ibom golf course.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
e6035228-f2a2-4d05-9d1d-6145446176e5
British Museum place ID
x101401
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
akwa-ibom
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
418008
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Akwa-Ibom
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
NI21
Freebase ID
/m/02cw_4
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1998981
GeoNames ID
2350813
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7015578
Show all 26 identifiers +14
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Akwa_Ibom
HASC
NG.AK
INaturalist place ID
11415
ISO 3166-2 code
NG-AK
Mindat locality ID
408595
Museum-digital place ID
102512
MusicBrainz area ID
9367616a-d4db-4498-9150-373dc517aef3
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3715359
OpenWeatherMap city ID
2350813
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
7571
Quora topic ID
Akwa-Ibom-State, Uyo-Akwa-Ibom-Nigeria
Topic's main category
Category:Akwa Ibom State
Who's on First ID
85675309
Yale LUX ID
place/15c9f8a6-8fb7-4c96-a178-b0e839cb0bef

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 44
Igbo people, Uyo, Ibibio people, Ikot Ekpene, Eket, Ikot Abasi, Ibeno, Oron +36 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 29
Ikot Ekpene, Eket, Ikot Abasi, Ibeno, Oron, Abak, Eastern Obolo, Essien Udim +21 more
People born here 22
Vincent Enyeama, Ini Edo, Nse Ikpe Etim, Cynthia Uwak, Samuel Peter, Nnimmo Bassey, Hilda Baci, Christy Essien-Igbokwe +14 more
Language used 15
Efik, Ibibio, Obolo, Anaang, Ebughu, Ekid, Oro, Efai +7 more
← Indigenous to 15
Ibibio, Obolo, Anaang, Ebughu, Ekid, Oro, Efai, Iko +7 more
Located in this place 4
Afang, Edikang Ikong, Federal Polytechnic, Ukana, Ibom Youths FC
Shares border with 3
Abia State, Rivers State, Cross River State
← Shares border with 3
Abia State, Rivers State, Cross River State
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, Western European Time
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People from Akwa Ibom State, Category:Populated places in Akwa Ibom State
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Nigeria, South South
← Headquarters location 2
Active Point Microfinance Bank Limited, Topfaith University
Belongs to 1
list of capitals of states of Nigeria
Capital 1
Uyo
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Akwa Ibom State
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Nigeria
Founded entities 1
Akwa Ibom State University
Instance of 1
state of Nigeria
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nigeria
Official language 1
English
Residents 1
Glory Emmanuel Edet
Topic's main category 1
Category:Akwa Ibom State
← Ancestral home 1
E. U. Essien-Udom
← Capital of 1
Uyo
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Akwa Ibom State
← Endemic to 1
Dactyladenia eketensis
← Used by 1
Imo River
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Summary

Akwa Ibom State is a state of Nigeria[1].

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Located in the administrative territorial entity South-south low0.203 independent sources

evidence “In the South-south, Akwa Ibom recorded one incident involving five abducted people, while no incident was recorded in Bayelsa.” premiumtimesng.com · read source

Related Entities

Akwa Ibom State University Federal Polytechnic, Ukana Nigeria Ritman University Topfaith University Uyo Vincent Enyeama

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved . nggovernorsforum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4L2Ugb
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  2. 21w ago · Muktee1494 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-GideonEkam-Akwa Ibom.wav
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  3. 23w ago · King ChristLike · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Umo Eno Bassey
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  4. 24w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Uyo
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 5, 'lon': 7.8333333333333}
    Inception → +1987-09-23T00:00:00Z
    Legislative body → Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
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