Eniong Abatim () is a community located in the present-day
Odukpani
Odukpani is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Cross River State, South-South Nigeria. It lies between latitude 5°4'52.46''N and longitude 8°20'59.7''E and has an elevation approximately 413 ft. It shares a boundary with Calabar (the state ca ...
Local Government Area of
Cross River state of
Nigeria
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.
The people speak the
Efik language
Efik (''Usem Efịk'') is the indigenous language of the Efik people, who are situated in the present-day Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, as well as in the north-west of Cameroon. The Efik language is mutually intelligible ...
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[ Forde, p.13]
Etymology
In several pre-colonial documents, Eniong Abatim was known as 'Enyong'.
Although some documents such as Edward Bold's ''The Merchant's and Mariner's African Guide'' (1822), spell it as "Aniung".
[ Bold, p.82] In Rev.
Hope Waddell's book, Twenty-Nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa (1863), it is spelt "Iniong"; and in J.B. King's expeditionary accounts in 1841, it is spelt "Innieong".
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, p.470[ King, 1844] The modern and appropriate spelling in the Efik language which is spoken by the Eniong is Eniọñ. Eniọñ is translated as 'the clever ones' and comes from the root verb 'niọñ', to know.
Geography
To the north, it shares borders with
Abia State
Abia is a state in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. The state's capital is Umuahia and its most populous city is Aba.
Abia is bordered the west by Imo, east by Cross River, south by Rivers, northwest by Anambra and northeast by Enug ...
, while to the west it is bordered by
Akwa Ibom State
Akwa Ibom is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South, 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 ...
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[ Akoda, p.1] Its northeastern boundary adjoins
Biase Local Government Area, and to the south, it is bordered by the
Cross River.
History
During the
Atlantic slave trade
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, Eniong Abatim was a major supplier of slaves and oil.
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References
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Populated places in Cross River State