Akamkpa Towns And Villages

Akamkpa is a Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria, roughly 40 kilometres east of Calabar. Its headquarters sits at Akamkpa town. The area covers about 5,003 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 149,705 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 228,000. Akamkpa holds ten wards: Akamkpa Urban, Awi, Eku, Iko, Ikpai, Mbarakom, Oban, Ojuk North, Ojuk South and Uyanga.

Ejagham and Dusauga-Iyongiyong communities farm and trade across the area’s forest belt, home to Oban Hills and the Cross River National Park. Akamkpa borders Odukpani and Akpabuyo to the west and south, Biase and Yakurr to the north-west, Ikom and Etung to the north, and Cameroon to the east.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 settlement gazetteer, and the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap databases.

  1. Abiati
  2. Abonabung
  3. Abung
  4. Aiyebam
  5. Akamkpa
  6. Aking
  7. Akor
  8. Akwaibami
  9. Aningeje
  10. Awai Ifunkpa
  11. Awi
  12. Ayip Eku
  13. Calabar River Camp
  14. Crel
  15. Ebinjok
  16. Ekang
  17. Ekong
  18. Ekong Anaku
  19. Ekpri Ibami
  20. Ekuri Owai
  21. Etikumi
  22. Etiti Ulo
  23. Ewen
  24. Ibum
  25. Ifumkpa
  26. Igbofia
  27. Ikamitu
  28. Iko Ekperem
  29. Iko Esai
  30. Ikpai
  31. Isong Inyang
  32. Kwa Falls
  33. Mangor Oban
  34. Mbarakom
  35. Mbarakpa
  36. Mbeban
  37. Mbobui
  38. Mfamiyen
  39. Mfamosing
  40. Mkpot
  41. Mkpot Akpankpang
  42. Ndekke
  43. Ndingane
  44. Ndip Eranim
  45. New Ekuri
  46. New Ndebiji
  47. Njaghachang
  48. Nkame
  49. Nkonimba
  50. Nkunaya
  51. Nsan
  52. Ntebachot
  53. Nyaje
  54. Oban
  55. Oberekai
  56. Obung
  57. Obuno
  58. Obutong
  59. Ojok
  60. Okarara
  61. Okom Ita
  62. Okopedi
  63. Okorroba
  64. Old Dunlop Town
  65. Old Ekuri
  66. Old Ndebiji
  67. Old Netim
  68. Orem
  69. Osomba
  70. Owai
  71. Owom
  72. Uwet
  73. Uyanga