Okobo Towns And Villages
Okobo is a Local Government Area in the Oro belt of Akwa Ibom State, on Nigeria’s south-eastern coast. Its headquarters sits at Okopedi. The area covers about 476 square kilometres, making it one of the state’s largest LGAs by land size.
The 2006 census counted 102,753 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 131,100. Okobo holds ten wards: Okopedi I, Okopedi II, Nung Atai/Ube I, Nung Atai/Ube II, Akai/Mbukpo/Udung, Eweme I, Eweme II, Offi I, Offi II and Ekeya.
The government carved Okobo out of Oron in 1989. Seven clans make up the area: Eta, Odu and Atabong are the Okobo people; Ukwong, Ebughu, Okiuso and Ibighi are the Atak Oro people. Eta and Odu speak Okobo, Atabong speaks Efik, and the Atak Oro clans speak Oro.
Okobo’s forests supply mahogany for boats, houses and canoes. Clay, fine sand and oil deposits sit alongside the farms and fishing grounds that line its rivers and creeks.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records and the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers:
- Afaha Akai
- Afaha Nsung
- Afaha Osu
- Akai Nyo
- Akanawana
- Akiba Obo
- Amamong
- Anua Ekeya
- Anua Okopedi
- Ape Amamong
- Atai Amamong
- Atai Otope
- Atiabang
- Atipa Odobo
- Atipa Okopedi
- Ebighi Anwa Ikpi
- Ebighi Anwa Oro
- Ebighi Edu
- Ebighi Eta
- Ebighi Okobo
- Ekeya
- Ekpene Ukim
- Ekpene Ukim Eta
- Esuk Inwang
- Etieke Utine Eto
- Eweme
- Eyede
- Eyo Nku
- Ibawa
- Idibi Enin
- Ikono
- Ikot Iquo
- Ikot Odiong
- Ikot Okokon
- Ikot Osukpong
- Isa Okiuso
- Itak Ekim
- Itak Okiuso
- Itak Uyati
- Mbieduo
- Mbukpo Eyima
- Mbukpo Oduobo
- Nda
- Nsating
- Nsia Oron
- Nsie
- Nung Atai Eta
- Nung Udom Odobo
- Nung Ukana
- Obot Inwang
- Obufi
- Odobo
- Osu Offi
- Oti Oron
- Otieke
- Oyoku Asang
- Ubak
- Ube
- Udung Afiang
- Udung Amkpe
- Udung Ukpong
- Udung Ulo
- Udung Umo
- Ufok Esuk
- Urue Ita
- Uruting
- Utine Eyekung
- Utine Ndoung
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