Eyo Okwong is an
Oron Village in
Urue-Offong/Oruko
Urue-Offong/Oruko is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State created in September 1991.
Urue-Offong/Oruko is one of the five Oro language speaking Local Government Area bounded in the North West by ...
local government area of
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 ...
in
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. Formed by the children of Okwong from the Ubodung clan of
Oron Nation
The Oron Nation (Akpakip Oro) was a sovereign and egalitarian society from until 1914 when it was forcibly incorporated into Nigeria. The Oron people share a strong ancestral lineage with the Efik people in Cross River State, Nigeria. Related i ...
.
References
Places in Oron Nation
Villages in Akwa Ibom
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