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Akwa Ibom | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: | |
 Location of Akwa Ibom in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 05°00′N 07°50′E / 5.000°N 7.833°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| Date created | 23 September 1987 |
| Capital | Uyo |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government of Akwa Ibom State |
| • Governor | Pastor Umo Eno (PDP) |
| • Deputy Governor | Akon Eyakenyi |
| • Legislature | Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly |
| • Senators | NE: Aniekan Bassey (PDP) NW: Godswill Akpabio (APC) S: Ekong Sampson (PDP) |
| • Representatives | List |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,081 km2 (2,734 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 30 of 36 |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 5,450,758 |
| • Rank | 15 of 36 |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Akwa Ibomite |
| GDP (PPP) | |
| • Year | 2021 |
| • Total | $50.30 billion[2] 3rd of 36 |
| • Per capita | $7,739[2] 4th of 36 |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (WAT) |
| Dialing Code | +234 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG-AK |
| HDI (2022) | 0.602[3] medium · 16th of 37 |
| Website | akwaibomstate |
Akwa Ibom is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It borders Cross River State to the east, Rivers State and Abia State to the west and north-west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe River which bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny.[4] Akwa Ibom was split from Cross River State in 1987. The state has 31 local government areas, and its capital is Uyo.
Of the 36 states, Akwa Ibom is the 30th largest in area and fifteenth most populous, with an estimated population of nearly 5.5 million as of 2016.[5] Geographically, the state is divided between the Central African mangroves in the coastal far south and the Cross–Niger transition forests in the rest of the state. Other important geographical features are the Imo and Cross rivers which flow along Akwa Ibom's eastern and western borders respectively while the Kwa Ibo River bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny. In the southeast corner of the state is the Stubb Creek Forest Reserve, a heavily threatened wildlife reserve that contains declining crocodile, putty-nosed monkey, red-capped mangabey, and Sclater's guenon populations along with potentially extirpated populations of African leopard and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee.[6][7][8][9] Offshore, the state is also biodiverse as there are large fish populations alongside various cetacean species, including bottlenose dolphins, pantropical spotted dolphins, humpback whales, and killer whales.[citation needed][10]
Modern-day Akwa Ibom State has been inhabited by various ethnic groups for hundreds of years, primarily the closely related Ibibio, Annang, and Oron peoples in the North-East, North-West, and Southern zones of the state, respectively.[11]
Economically, Akwa Ibom State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas as highest oil-producing state in the country.[12] Key minor industries involve agriculture as the state has substantial cocoyam, yam, and plantain crops along with fishing and heliciculture. Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom has the seventeenth highest Human Development Index in the country in large part due to years of systemic corruption.[13][14][15]
- ^ "Akwa Ibom State History". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b Okeowo, Gabriel; Fatoba, Iyanuoluwa, eds. (13 October 2022). "State of States 2022 Edition" (PDF). Budgit.org. BudgIT. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Onyeakagbu, Adaobi (5 October 2021). "See how all the 36 Nigerian states got their names". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Population 2006-2016". National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Inemesit, Akpan-Nsoh (14 May 2018). "'Akwa Ibom primates on brink of extinction'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Eniang, Edem A.; Akani, Godfrey C.; Amadi, Nioking; Dendi, Daniele; Amori, Giovanni; Luiselli, Luca (15 July 2016). "Recent distribution data and conservation status of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Niger Delta (Nigeria)". Tropical Zoology. 29 (4): 173–183. Bibcode:2016TrZoo..29..173E. doi:10.1080/03946975.2016.1214461. S2CID 89244146. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Baker, Lynne R. (27 April 2012). "Report on a Survey of Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve, June 20 – July 5, 2003". WCS. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Ogar, Dave A.; Asuk, Sijeh A.; Umanah, I.E. (2016). "Forest Cover Change in Stubb's Creek Forest Reserve Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria". Applied Tropical Agriculture. 21 (1): 183–189. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Home : Biodiversity Preservation Center, Uyo, Akwa Ibom". Home : Biodiversity Preservation Center, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Akwa Ibom tribes – Soluap". soluap.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Akanbi, Festus (19 September 2021). "As Anambra, Kogi Join Oil-producing States". ThisDay. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Human Development Indices". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "The Gang of 43 breaks cover". Africa Confidential. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ ""Everyone's in on the Game"". Human Rights Watch. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2021.