Calabar Municipal
Calabar Municipal
Mfam Akin Ahen (QuaEjagham) | |
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| Nickname: kalabar | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Cross River State |
| Capital | Calabar |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Effefiong Nta Eke |
| Area | |
• Total | 55 sq mi (142 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Website | www |
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Calabar Municipal is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the city of Calabar.
It has an area of 142 km2 and a population of 179,392 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 540.[1]
Monarch
[edit]The paramount ruler of Calabar Municipality is known as the Ndidem of the Quas and paramount ruler of Calabar municipality, he is the president of traditional rulers council in Calabar municipality and grand patriarch of Ejagham Nation.
Prominent persons from Calabar Municipality
[edit]Senator Joseph Oqua Ansa, is the first person from Calabar Municipal Local Government Area (LGA) to be voted in as a senator representing Cross River State Southern Senatorial District in 1979.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "2nd Republic Senator representing C'River Southern Senatorial District laid to rest in Calabar | The Paradise". theparadise.ng. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
State capital: Calabar | ||
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