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.[1]

Udung-Uko
Akai Oro
Oron East
LGA
Udung-Uko is located in Nigeria
Udung-Uko
Udung-Uko
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°46′0″N 8°14′0″E
Country Nigeria
StateAkwa Ibom State
CapitalEyofin
Government
 • ChairmanHon. Atanang Asuquo Osung
Area
 • Land43 sq mi (112 km2)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total53,060
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Postal Code
523
Area code(s)523105, 523106.

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
Main article: Oron people § 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 during the Nigeria Civil war of 1967 to 1970 with Biafra.

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 [2]

Afaha Okpo Clan which includes forty (40) towns and villages;

Afaha Ubodung Clan consist of two Villages which include

Geography And Population

With mainly an agrarian rural population of 53,060 and a total land area of 112 km2 (excluding territorial waters).[3] 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, Cameroon, Ghana, 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

References
  1. Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria). Ministry of Information & Culture (1987). Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria: handbook. Ministry of Information & Culture.
  2. "You searched for Udung uko".
  3. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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