Eket

Eket Towns And Villages

Eket is a local government area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, along the Kwa Iboe River. It covers about 176 square kilometres and hosts a major ExxonMobil oil terminal and estate, making it Akwa Ibom’s main oil-industry hub.

The 2006 census counted 172,856 residents. A 2022 projection puts the figure near 220,600. Eket holds 11 wards: Urban I–IV, Central I–V and Okon I–II. Its indigenes group into four clans — Afaha, Idua, Eket Offiong and Okon.

The indigenous people call themselves Ekid; “Eket” is the European rendering of the name. Postal codes run 524101 to 524104, one per clan district. Akaniyene Tommey chairs the local government council.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, and clan-village listings for Eket’s four clans:

1. Afaha Atai
2. Afaha Eket
3. Afaha Ukwa
4. Afia Nsit
5. Anana
6. Asang Ikot-Use Ekong
7. Ata Idung Afaha Eket
8. Ata Idung-Inyang Uso Ekong
9. Atabong
10. Atai Ndon-Afaha Eket
11. Ebana
12. Ebebi Ikot Uso
13. Ede Urua
14. Edebuk
15. Efoi
16. Ekepene Afaha Eket
17. Eket Urban
18. Ekong
19. Ekpene Ukpa
20. Esit Urua
21. Etebi Idung Akpaisang
22. Etebi Idung-Iwak
23. Etibe
24. Idim Afia
25. Idua
26. Idua Ibughoeni
27. Idung Enen Uso
28. Idung Imo
29. Idung Offiong
30. Idung Udofa
31. Iko Eket
32. Iko Ekwa
33. Ikot Abasi
34. Ikot Abia
35. Ikot Afaha
36. Ikot Akpa Enang
37. Ikot Akpa Ikpo
38. Ikot Akpandem
39. Ikot Ataku
40. Ikot Ebiyan
41. Ikot Ekpo Okon
42. Ikot Etok
43. Ikot Ibiok
44. Ikot Ikpa
45. Ikot Inyang
46. Ikot Nsidibe
47. Ikot Obio
48. Ikot Obio Ata
49. Ikot Obioro
50. Ikot Odiong
51. Ikot Okudom
52. Ikot Oso
53. Ikot Udoma
54. Ikot Ukpong
55. Ikot Use Ekong
56. Iseuit Idua
57. Mkpok
58. Nditia
59. Nduo Eduo
60. Odio
61. Odoro Enen
62. Ofriyo
63. Okon
64. Okopedi Idung Udo
65. Osiok
66. Ukwa
67. Uqua
68. Usung Inyang