Calabar Municipal

LGA in Cross River State, Nigeria
Calabar Municipal
Mfam Akin Ahen (QuaEjagham)
Nickname: 
kalabar
Country Nigeria
StateCross River State
CapitalCalabar
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanEffefiong Nta Eke
Area
 • Total55 sq mi (142 km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Websitewww.crossriverhub.ng/calabar-municipal
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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

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

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

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ "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.

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