Uruan Towns And Villages

Uruan is a Local Government Area in the northeast of Akwa Ibom State, southern Nigeria, bordering Cross River State. It split from Uyo LGA in 1988 and covers about 449 square kilometres. The council seat is at Idu.

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The 2006 census counted 117,169 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 149,500. Uruan holds 11 wards grouped into Central, Southern and Northern districts, each carrying its own postal code: 520105, 520106 and 520107.

Seven clans remain of Uruan’s original twelve: Akwa Uruan, Etongko Mkpe Uruan, Mutaka Uruan, Ekondo Uruan, Mosongko Uruan, Ibonda Uruan and Akpe Iboku Uruan. Farmers grow cassava and maize, and fishing and raffia-palm cutting support riverside households. Uruan people speak Uruan, close to Ibibio and Efik.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, and the Uruan Community’s clan register:

  1. Adadia
  2. Afaha Ikot
  3. Akani Obio Uruan
  4. Akpa Mfri Ukim
  5. Akpa Utong
  6. Anakpa
  7. Edik Ikpa
  8. Ekim Enen
  9. Ekpene Ibia
  10. Ekpene Ukim
  11. Eman
  12. Eman Ikot-Ebo
  13. Eman Ukpa
  14. Eman Uruan
  15. Esuk Inwang
  16. Esuk Odu
  17. Ibiaku Ikot Ese
  18. Ibiaku Issiet
  19. Ibiaku Uruan
  20. Ibikpe Uruan
  21. Ibuno Issiet
  22. Idu
  23. Ifiayong Esuk
  24. Ifiayong Obot
  25. Ikot Akan
  26. Ikot Akpa Ekang
  27. Ikot Edung
  28. Ikot Inyang Esuk
  29. Ikot Oku
  30. Ikot Oto Inyie
  31. Ikot Udo
  32. Ikpa Uruan
  33. Issiet
  34. Issiet Ekim
  35. Issiet Inua Akpa
  36. Ita Uruan
  37. Ituk Mbang
  38. Mbiakong
  39. Mbiaya
  40. Ndon Ebom
  41. Ndon Uruan
  42. Nna Enin
  43. Nturukpum
  44. Nung Ikono Obio
  45. Nung Ikono Ufok
  46. Nung Oku
  47. Nwaniba
  48. Obio Ndobo
  49. Osong
  50. Otu-Ibiaku
  51. Ufak Effiong
  52. Use Uruan
  53. Utit Uruan