Udung-Uko is a local government area in
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 ...
, Nigeria. It 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 south,
Oron, Akwa Ibom to the north,
Urue-Offong/Oruko to the west and the
Cross River Estuary to the east.
History
In December 1996 Udung Uko LGA was carved out of
Oron, Akwa Ibom. Esuk Usung served as the entry point for the
Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The President of Nigeria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Army, and its professional head is the Chie ...
during the
Nigeria Civil war of 1967 to 1970 with
Biafra
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.
Clans and settlement
Udung Uko is made up of two (2) out of the nine (9)
Oron people clans (Afaha) with the
Oro language as its original language. Udung Uko has 42 organised villages which is split into 10 political wards, with capital at Eyofin. The two clans include
Afaha Okpo Clan which includes forty (40) towns and villages;
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Enino
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Eyiba
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Eyo Ating Osung
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Eyo Esin
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Eyo Esio Usung
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Eyo Uliong
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Eyo-Ating
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Eyobiosio
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Eyofin
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Eyoko
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Eyokponung
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Eyokpu
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Eyosio-Osung
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Eyotai
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Udung Otok
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Udung Adatang
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Edikor Eyiba
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Edikor Eyobiosio
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Edikor Eyokpu
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Eniongo
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Eye Oko
Eye Oko is an Oron village in Udung Uko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria
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Eyo Atai
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Eyo Atang
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Eyo Ating-Osung
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Eyo Ebieme
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Eyo Esio Osung
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Eyo Nsek
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Eyo Okponung
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Eyo Ukpe
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Eyo Uliong
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Eyo Ulung
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Eyo Uwe
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Eyobisung
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Uboro Isong Inyang
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Udung Adatang
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Udung Esio
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Udung Uko Town
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Usung
Afaha Ubodung Clan consist of two Villages which include
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Ekim
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Ubodung Udung Uko
Geography And Population
With mainly an agrarian rural population of 53,060 and a total land area of 112 km
2 (excluding territorial waters).
Udung Uko is in the tropical region and has a uniformly high temperature all the year round. The two main seasons are the dry which spans between October and April and wet season which starts around May and ends in September. There are also two prevailing winds – the South-West onshore winds which brings heavy rains and the North- East trade winds blowing across the Sahara Desert, which brings in the dry season.
Economy
Udung Uko LGA has rich deposits of crude oil and salt with the area hosting a number of crude oil mining firms. Fishing is also a crucial economic enterprise in Udung Uko LGA with the area's rivers and streams being rich in seafood. Other important economic activities of the dwellers of Udung Uko LGA include farming, making of canoes and wood carving.
It has a beach market at Esuk Usung, where fishermen from
Ilaje
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,
Cameroon
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,
Ghana
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, and indigenes alike who return from fishing expeditions display their wares for sale, in addition to other water ways and fronts like Esuk Okong, Esuk Edet Edem, and Atakibang from which commercial quantity of fine sand and gravels are extracted. Atakibang, so called, directly faces both the lighthouse (ibang) on the riverbed of Oron river, as well as Parrot island (Uko Ubo Akpa).
See also
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Oron people
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Urue-Offong/Oruko
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Mbo, Akwa Ibom
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Okobo, Akwa Ibom
Okobo is located in the South South part of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is made up of Odu, Eta and Atabong clans. Following the local government creation exercise of the federal government in 1989 Okobo Local Go ...
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Oron, Akwa Ibom
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Obolo, Akwa Ibom
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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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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
{{LGAs and communities of Akwa Ibom State
Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State
Populated coastal places in Nigeria
Oron people
Places in Oron Nation