Ikom Towns And Villages

Ikom is a Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria, roughly 90 kilometres southeast of Ogoja on the A4 highway. Its headquarters sits at Ikom town on the east bank of the Cross River. The area covers about 1,961 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 163,691 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 249,300. Ikom holds 11 wards: Abanyum, Akparabong, Ikom Urban I, Ikom Urban II, Nde, Nnam, Nta/Nselle, Ofutop I, Ofutop II, Olulumo and Yala/Nkum.

Farmers across the LGA grow cocoa, banana and plantain for the Nigerian market; cocoa from Ikom shipped through Calabar port is among the state’s top exports. The Bakor clans of Nde, Nnam, Abanyum, Nta, Nselle and Ofutop farm alongside the Olulumo (Okuni) and Akparabong communities. Ikom borders Ogoja, Yala, Boki, Etung, Abi and Obubra within Cross River.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, GRID3 settlement data and a postal-code community list.

  1. Abankang
  2. Abanyum
  3. Abaragba
  4. Abayong
  5. Abilti
  6. Abinti
  7. Abinyon
  8. Adibongha
  9. Adijinkpor I
  10. Adijinkpor II
  11. Akam
  12. Akorofono
  13. Akparabong
  14. Akudfune
  15. Akumabal
  16. Alesi
  17. Alok
  18. Anagha
  19. Asenasen
  20. Ayughasa
  21. Ayukasa
  22. Balep
  23. Bisogho
  24. Bokomo
  25. Edor
  26. Edor-Abangork
  27. Eganga
  28. Egrude
  29. Egumgum
  30. Ejeghe Agoma
  31. Ejibafun
  32. Ejirawo
  33. Ekonde
  34. Ekpokpa
  35. Ekukunela
  36. Emangbe
  37. Emeakpen
  38. Esaja
  39. Etako
  40. Etanawana
  41. Etikpe
  42. Four Corners
  43. Ikom
  44. Isabang
  45. Lebenjok
  46. Maghabe
  47. Manden
  48. Mgbagatiti
  49. Mgbaka
  50. Mgbaka Mkpiri
  51. Mkpatala
  52. Mkpaya
  53. Naborokpa
  54. Nde
  55. Nde 3 Corners
  56. Ndim
  57. Njemetop
  58. Nkanacha
  59. Nkarasi I
  60. Nkarasi II
  61. Nkim
  62. Nkleta
  63. Nkonfab
  64. Nkrigom
  65. Nkruabong
  66. Nkum
  67. Nkurufa
  68. Nkwande
  69. Nlul
  70. Nnam
  71. Nsak
  72. Nselle
  73. Nta
  74. Ntatin
  75. Nyatkpok
  76. Obioko
  77. Ofafuk
  78. Ofunatam
  79. Ofutop
  80. Ogomogom
  81. Okanga
  82. Okanghe-Mkpensi
  83. Okondi
  84. Okoroba Nkum
  85. Okosora
  86. Okpochi
  87. Okuni
  88. Olakidung
  89. Old Ikom Town
  90. Olulumo
  91. Opuowe
  92. Orom
  93. Otere
  94. Owom
  95. Oyengha