Calabar Municipal

Calabar Municipal is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the city of Calabar.

Calabar Municipal
Qua Ejagham
Nickname(s): 
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.com/calabar-municipal

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, the first and only senator from calabar municipality till date

References

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


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