Eyotai or Eyo Atai
lso ''Eyonu'' ''Atai''is an
Oron
Oron may refer to:
"Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible.
*Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin.
*Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca ...
-speaking community and one of the biggest villages in
Udung Uko
Udung-Uko is a Local Government Area of Nigeria located in the south east Akwa Ibom State that was created in December 1996.
Udung Uko is one of the Oro language speaking local government areas of Akwa Ibom State bounded by Mbo, Akwa Ibom to the ...
local government area (LGA) of
Akwa Ibom state in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
.
Per the 2006 National Census, Eyotai pooled a numerical strength of 15,387 people out of the total of 53,060, and also by the population projection of 2016, it rose to 21,605 out of 74,500 credited to the entire local government. It has been adjudged as the most densely populated village in the entire Oron nation.
Eyotai is bounded to the north by Eyo Okponung village; to the south by Ukukim Eyo Nsek, Eyo Uliong and Udung Adatang; to the East by the Oron river, and to the West by Udung Esio village. The village boasts a unique landscape which is basically a flat and
marsh land river banks, extending to Esuk (beach) Ilong and Esuk Edet Edem.
The village is largely an
agrarian one with most of its dwellers engaged in farming and fishing. The beach market at Usung contributes huge revenue to the local administration. It has a morning and evening market, notable of which is the ''Urue Osung''; where the
effigy
An effigy is an often life-size sculptural representation of a specific person, or a prototypical figure. The term is mostly used for the makeshift dummies used for symbolic punishment in political protests and for the figures burned in certai ...
of the late Eke Osung Odu with her soldier grandson is mounted.
References
Places in Oron Nation
Villages in Akwa Ibom
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