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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kross_River_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Kross River ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kross River ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="کراس ریور ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کراس ریور ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_Chiu" title="Cross River Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cross River Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81-%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Крос-Рывер – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Крос-Рывер" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Cross River State" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Крос Ривър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Крос Ривър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cross River State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_(Bundesstaat)" title="Cross River (Bundesstaat) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Cross River (Bundesstaat)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Riveri_osariik" title="Cross Riveri osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Cross Riveri osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Cross_River" title="Estado de Cross River – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Cross River" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Krosrivero" title="Ŝtato Krosrivero – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Krosrivero" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ایالت کراس ریور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت کراس ریور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%84%EC%A3%BC" title="크로스리버주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="크로스리버주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="क्रॉस रिवर राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="क्रॉस रिवर राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Cross_River" title="Ȯra Cross River – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Cross River" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="კროს-რივერის შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კროს-რივერის შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo_la_Cross_River" title="Jimbo la Cross River – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jimbo la Cross River" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Кросс-Ривер (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Кросс-Ривер (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Cross River State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E" title="クロスリバー州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クロスリバー州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_(Bundesstoot)" title="Cross River (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Cross River (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River" title="Cross River – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cross River" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Cross_(estado)" title="Rio Cross (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Cross (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Cross_River" title="Statul Cross River – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Cross River" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Кросс-Ривер – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кросс-Ривер" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a 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ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">State of Cross River</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Obudu mountains, a natural landscape in the Obudu Mountain Resort"><img alt="Obudu mountains, a natural landscape in the Obudu Mountain Resort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg/250px-OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg/375px-OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg/500px-OBUDU_MOUNTAINS_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Obudu mountains, a natural landscape in the <a href="/wiki/Obudu_Mountain_Resort" title="Obudu Mountain Resort">Obudu Mountain Resort</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cross_River_State_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Cross River"><img alt="Flag of Cross River State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cross_River_State_Flag.svg/100px-Cross_River_State_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cross_River_State_Flag.svg/150px-Cross_River_State_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cross_River_State_Flag.svg/200px-Cross_River_State_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Cross River"><img alt="Seal of Cross River State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg/100px-Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg/150px-Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg/200px-Coat_of_arms_state_Cross_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="315" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state nicknames">The People's Paradise</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Le paradis des gens</i>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Cross River State in Nigeria"><img alt="Location of Cross River State in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg/250px-Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg/375px-Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg/500px-Nigeria_-_Cross_River.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Cross River State in Nigeria</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cross_River_State&params=5_45_N_8_30_E_region:NG_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">8°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.750°N 8.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.750; 8.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geopolitical_Zones_in_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria">Geopolitical Zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_South" title="South South">South South</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27 May 1967</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Government of Cross River State</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Cross_River_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Cross River State">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bassey_Otu" title="Bassey Otu">Bassey Otu</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressive_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressive Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span class="nowrap">Deputy Governor</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Odey" title="Peter Odey">Peter Odey</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressives Congress (Nigeria)">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Cross River State House of Assembly">Cross River State House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_Central_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross River Central Senatorial District">C</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eteng_Jonah_Williams" title="Eteng Jonah Williams">Eteng Jonah Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">APC</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">N: <a href="/wiki/Agom_Jarigbe" title="Agom Jarigbe">Agom Jarigbe</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_South_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross River South Senatorial District">S</a>: <a href="/wiki/Asuquo_Ekpenyong" title="Asuquo Ekpenyong">Asuquo Ekpenyong</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">APC</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Cross_River" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Cross River">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">20,156 km<sup>2</sup> (7,782 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">19th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,406,200</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">28th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">220/km<sup>2</sup> (570/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2021</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$26.33 billion<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">14th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$5,892<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">14th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">540001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dialing Code</th><td class="infobox-data">+234</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NG" title="ISO 3166-2:NG">NG-CR</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.675<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#fc0">medium</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">5th of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://crossriverstate.gov.ng/">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cross River State</b> is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_South" title="South South">South-South</a> geopolitical zone of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. Named for the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_(Nigeria)" title="Cross River (Nigeria)">Cross River</a>, the state was formed from the eastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Region</a> on 27 May 1967. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a>, it borders to the north through <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue state</a>, to the west through <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia state</a>, and to the southwest through <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom state</a>, while its eastern border forms part of the national <a href="/wiki/Cameroon-Nigeria_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameroon-Nigeria border">border with</a> <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally known as the <b><a href="/wiki/South-Eastern_State,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="South-Eastern State, Nigeria">South-Eastern State</a></b> before being renamed in 1976, Cross River state formerly included the area that is now <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom state</a>, which became a distinct state in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-pulse.ng_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pulse.ng-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">36 states</a> in Nigeria, Cross River state is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">nineteenth largest in area</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">27th most populous</a>, with an estimated population of over 3.8 million as of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geographically, the state is mainly divided between the <a href="/wiki/Guinean_forest%E2%80%93savanna_mosaic" title="Guinean forest–savanna mosaic">Guinean forest–savanna mosaic</a> in the far north and the <a href="/wiki/Cross%E2%80%93Sanaga%E2%80%93Bioko_coastal_forests" title="Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests">Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests</a> in the majority of the interior of the state. The smaller <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Nigeria" title="List of ecoregions in Nigeria">ecoregions</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Central_African_mangroves" title="Central African mangroves">Central African mangroves</a> in the coastal far south and a part of the <a href="/wiki/Montane_ecosystems" title="Montane ecosystems">montane</a> <a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_Highlands_forests" title="Cameroonian Highlands forests">Cameroonian Highlands forests</a> in the extreme northeast. The most major geographical feature is the state's namesake, the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_(Nigeria)" title="Cross River (Nigeria)">Cross River</a>, which bisects the state's interior before forming much of the state's western border and flowing into the Cross River Estuary. Other important rivers are the <a href="/wiki/Calabar_River" title="Calabar River">Calabar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Kwa_River" title="Great Kwa River">Great Kwa</a> rivers, which flow from the inland <a href="/wiki/Oban_Hills" title="Oban Hills">Oban Hills</a>, before flanking the city of <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a> and flowing into the Cross River Estuary as well. In the forested interior of the state are several biodiverse <a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Protected areas of Nigeria">protected areas</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_National_Park" title="Cross River National Park">Cross River National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afi_Mountain_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary">Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mbe_Mountains_Community_Forest" title="Mbe Mountains Community Forest">Mbe Mountains Community Forest</a>. These wildlife reserves contain populations of <a href="/wiki/Preuss%27s_red_colobus" title="Preuss's red colobus">Preuss's red colobus</a>, <a href="/wiki/African_forest_buffalo" title="African forest buffalo">African forest buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bat_hawk" title="Bat hawk">bat hawk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tree_pangolin" title="Tree pangolin">tree pangolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grey-necked_rockfowl" title="Grey-necked rockfowl">grey-necked rockfowl</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_African_slender-snouted_crocodile" title="West African slender-snouted crocodile">West African slender-snouted crocodile</a>, along with some of Nigeria's last remaining <a href="/wiki/Nigeria-Cameroon_chimpanzee" title="Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee">Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drill_(animal)" title="Drill (animal)">drill</a>, <a href="/wiki/African_forest_elephant" title="African forest elephant">African forest elephant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_gorilla" title="Cross River gorilla">Cross River gorilla</a> populations.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern-day Cross River state has been inhabited by several ethnic groups for hundreds of years, primarily the <a href="/wiki/Efik_people" title="Efik people">Efik</a> of the riverside south and <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Ekoi_people" title="Ekoi people">Ekoi (Ejagham)</a> of the inland south; the <a href="/wiki/Akunakuna" title="Akunakuna">Akunakuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boki_people" title="Boki people">Boki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahumono" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahumono">Bahumono</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yak%C3%B6_people" title="Yakö people">Yakö (Yakurr)</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_Central_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross River Central Senatorial District">central region</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Bekwarra" title="Bekwarra">Bekwarra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogoja" title="Ogoja">Ogoja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bette_people" title="Bette people">Bette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igede" class="mw-redirect" title="Igede">Igede</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukelle_people_(Nigeria)" title="Ukelle people (Nigeria)">Ukelle (Kukele)</a> of the northern region. In the pre-colonial period, what is now Cross River state was divided between its ethnic groups with some joining the <a href="/wiki/Aro_Confederacy" title="Aro Confederacy">Aro Confederacy</a>, while the Efik founded the <a href="/wiki/Duke_Town" title="Duke Town">Akwa Akpa (Old Calabar)</a> city-state.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter become a British protectorate in 1884, as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Oil_Rivers_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Rivers Protectorate">Oil Rivers Protectorate</a>; but it was in the early 1900s that the Britons gained formal control of the entire area. Around the same time, the protectorate (now renamed the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Coast_Protectorate" title="Niger Coast Protectorate">Niger Coast Protectorate</a>) was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria Protectorate</a>, which later merged into <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica1911_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica1911-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the merger, much of the modern-day Cross River state has become a center of anti-colonial resistance during the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_War" title="Women's War">Women's War</a> and trade, through the international seaport at <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After independence in 1960, the area now regarded as Cross River state was a part of the post-independence <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Region</a> until 1967, when the region was split and the area became part of the South-Eastern state. Less than two months afterwards, the <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo</a>-majority of the former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of <a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafra</a>; in the three-year long <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a>. Calabar and its port was hard-fought over in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tiger_Claw" title="Operation Tiger Claw">Operation Tiger Claw</a>, while the people from Cross River state were persecuted by the <a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafran</a> forces as they were mainly non-Igbos.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the war's end and the reunification of Nigeria, the South-Eastern state was reformed until 1976, when it was renamed Cross River state.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleven years later, Cross River state was divided with western Cross River being broken off to form the new <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pulse.ng_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pulse.ng-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state formerly contained the oil-producing <a href="/wiki/Bakassi_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakassi peninsula">Bakassi Peninsula</a>, but it was ceded to <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Greentree_Agreement" title="Greentree Agreement">Greentree Agreement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an agricultural state, the Cross River state's economy partially relies on crops, such as <a href="/wiki/Cocoyam" title="Cocoyam">cocoyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hevea_brasiliensis" title="Hevea brasiliensis">rubber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oil_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil palm">oil palm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theobroma_cacao" title="Theobroma cacao">cocoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cashews" class="mw-redirect" title="Cashews">cashews</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cooking_banana" title="Cooking banana">plantain</a> crops, along with fishing. Key minor industries involve tourism in and around the wildlife reserves along with the historic <a href="/wiki/Ikom_Monoliths" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikom Monoliths">Ikom Monoliths</a> site, <a href="/wiki/Calabar_Carnival" title="Calabar Carnival">Calabar Carnival</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Obudu_Mountain_Resort" title="Obudu Mountain Resort">Obudu Mountain Resort</a>. Cross River state has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">joint-thirteenth highest</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> in the country and numerous institutions of tertiary education.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cross River as a south-south state was created on 27 May 1967 from the former <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Region, Nigeria</a>, by the General <a href="/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon" title="Yakubu Gowon">Yakubu Gowon</a> regime. Its name was changed to Cross River state in the 1976 state creation exercise by the then General <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed" class="mw-redirect" title="Murtala Mohammed">Murtala Mohammed</a> regime from South Eastern State.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.co.uk_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.co.uk-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 222">: 222 </span></sup>The present day <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom State</a> was excised from it in the state creation exercise of September 1987 by the then regime of General <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida" title="Ibrahim Babangida">Ibrahim Babangida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The struggle for a new state creation started in 1980 in the reign of president Shehu Shagari where Senator <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Oqua_Ansa" title="Joseph Oqua Ansa">Joseph Oqua Ansa</a> (Mon) the senator representing Calabar senatorial district then was at the helm of affairs. Its capital is Calabar. Its major towns are <a href="/wiki/Akamkpa" title="Akamkpa">Calabar Municipality, Akamkpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biase" title="Biase">Biase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calabar_South" title="Calabar South">Calabar South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikom" title="Ikom">Ikom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igede" class="mw-redirect" title="Igede">Igede</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obubra" title="Obubra">Obubra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odukpani" title="Odukpani">Odukpani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogoja" title="Ogoja">Ogoja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekwarra" title="Bekwarra">Bekwarra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ugep" title="Ugep">Ugep</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obudu" title="Obudu">Obudu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obanliku" title="Obanliku">Obanliku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akpabuyo" title="Akpabuyo">Akpabuyo</a>, Ofutop, Iso-bendghe, Danare, <a href="/wiki/Boki,_Nigeria" title="Boki, Nigeria">Boki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yala,_Nigeria" title="Yala, Nigeria">Yala</a>, Bendeghe Ekiem, Etomi, <a href="/wiki/Ediba" title="Ediba">Ediba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itigidi" title="Itigidi">Itigidi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ugep" title="Ugep">Ugep</a>, Ukpe and <a href="/wiki/Ukelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukelle">Ukelle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state has many governors and administrators including Udoakaha J. Esuene, Paul Omu, Tunde Elegbede, <a href="/wiki/Clement_Isong" title="Clement Isong">Clement Isong</a>, Donald Etiebet, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Archibong" title="Dan Archibong">Daniel Archibong</a>, Ibim Princewill, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Attah" title="Ernest Attah">Ernest Attah</a>, Clement Ebri, Ibrahim Kefas, Gregory Agboneni, Umar Faoruk Ahmed, Christopher Osondu, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Duke" title="Donald Duke">Donald Duke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liyel_Imoke" title="Liyel Imoke">Liyel Imoke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Ayade" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict Ayade">Benedict Ayade</a>. The current Governor is <a href="/wiki/Bassey_Otu" title="Bassey Otu">Bassey Edet Otu</a>, who was sworn into office on 29 May 2023. He was elected for a four-year term in office under the platform of <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">All Progressive Congress (APC).</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cross River state derives its name from the Cross River, which passes through the state.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a coastal state located in the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta" title="Niger Delta">Niger Delta</a> region, and occupies 20,156 square kilometers. It shares boundaries with <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue state</a> to the north for 188 km (117 miles), <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia</a> states to the west for 198 km (123 miles) and about 52 km respectively (partly across Cross River), to the east by <a href="/wiki/Sud-Ouest_Province,_Cameroon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sud-Ouest Province, Cameroon">Sud-Ouest Province</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> for about 290 km (181 miles), partly across the Sankwala Mountains and the Akwayafe River, and to the south by <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa-Ibom</a> for about 114 km (71 miles) mostly across Cross River and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state is made up of 18 Local Government Area <a href="/wiki/Council" title="Council">Councils</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like few other Nigerian states, the climate of Cross River state is <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropical</a>. Not only this, the state is also characterised with <a href="/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">relative humidity</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Global_temperature_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Global temperature record">average temperature</a> of the state is between 15°C and 30°C. However, this climatic condition is different in locations within the Cross River state such as the high plateau of <a href="/wiki/Obudu" title="Obudu">Obudu</a>, which has a record of a fall in temperature between 4°C and 10°C, as a result of the high <a href="/wiki/Altitude" title="Altitude">altitude</a> of this area.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capital city of the State, Calabar, has a significant record of <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> within the year, while the dry season has less significant effect in the state due to the depth of rainfall experienced. Based on the records presented by the Climate Data of the state, the annual rainfall of Cross River state is 3306mm (130.2 inches).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The State is composed of several ethnic groups,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which include the <a href="/wiki/Efik_people" title="Efik people">Efik</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ekoi_people" title="Ekoi people">Ejagham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yak%C3%B6_people" title="Yakö people">Yakurr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahumono" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahumono">Bahumono</a>, Bette, Yala, <a href="/wiki/Igede" class="mw-redirect" title="Igede">Igede</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukelle">Ukelle</a> and the Bekwarra among others. There are four major languages spoken in the state: English, the common language, Efik, Bekwarra, and Ejagham. The <a href="/wiki/Efik_language" title="Efik language">Efik language</a> is widely spoken in Cross River State, especially in Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Akpabuyo, Bakassi, Akampkpa, Biase, and Odukpani Local Government Areas. The <a href="/wiki/Ejagham_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ejagham language">Ejagham language</a> is also widely spoken language in Cross River State. </p><p>The Efik-speaking people live mainly in the Southern senatorial districts of Cross River, or as it is commonly referred to, the Greater Calabar district, which includes Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Bakassi, Biase, Akpabuyo, Odukpani, and Akamkpa LGAs. There is also the Qua community in Calabar, which speaks Ejagham. The main Ejagham group occupies mostly the Greater Calabar areas of Calabar Municipality, Odukpani, Biase and Akamkpa sections of Cross River State.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are also the <a href="/wiki/Yakurr" title="Yakurr">Yakurr</a> /Agoi/<a href="/wiki/Bahumono" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahumono">Bahumono</a> ethnic groups in Yakurr and Abi LGA, while the Mbembe are predominantly found in Obubra LGA. Further up the core northern part of the state are several sub-dialectical groups, among which are Etung, Olulumo, Ofutop, Nkim/Nkum, Abanajum, Nseke and <a href="/wiki/Boki_people" title="Boki people">Boki</a> in both Ikom, Etung and Boki LGAs. Also, the Yala/Yache, Igede, Ukelle, Ekajuk, Mbube, Bette, Bekwarra and Utukwang people are found in Ogoja, Yala, Obudu, Obanliku and Bekwarra LGAs. The Yala are a subgroup of the Idoma nation, part of the Yala LGA's subgroups are the Igede speaking people believed to have migrated from the Oju part of Benue State, who migrated from Ora, in Edo North.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In Cross River North, Bekwarra is one of the most widely spoken language.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is understood by other tribes in the district. This language along with Efik and Ejagham is used for news broadcast in the state owned radio and TV stations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Cross River State epitomises the nation's linguistic and cultural plurality and it is important to note that, in spite of the diversity of dialects, all the Indigenous languages in the state have common linguistic roots as Niger-Congo languages. Finally, the State serves as the venue of the largest carnival in <a href="/wiki/Africa.com" title="Africa.com">Africa.</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kwafalls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kwafalls.jpg/220px-Kwafalls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kwafalls.jpg/330px-Kwafalls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kwafalls.jpg/440px-Kwafalls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>Kwa falls, a waterfall along the <a href="/wiki/Great_Kwa_River" title="Great Kwa River">Kwa River</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Cross_River_State" title="List of villages in Cross River State">List of villages in Cross River State</a></div> <p>Cross River State consists of eighteen (18) <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Areas</a>. They are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abi,_Cross_River" title="Abi, Cross River">Abi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akamkpa" title="Akamkpa">Akamkpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akpabuyo" title="Akpabuyo">Akpabuyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekwarra" title="Bekwarra">Bekwarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakassi" title="Bakassi">Bakassi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biase" title="Biase">Biase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boki,_Nigeria" title="Boki, Nigeria">Boki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calabar_Municipal" title="Calabar Municipal">Calabar Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calabar_South" title="Calabar South">Calabar South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etung" title="Etung">Etung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikom" title="Ikom">Ikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obanliku" title="Obanliku">Obanliku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obubra" title="Obubra">Obubra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obudu" title="Obudu">Obudu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odukpani" title="Odukpani">Odukpani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogoja" title="Ogoja">Ogoja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakurr" title="Yakurr">Yakurr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yala,_Nigeria" title="Yala, Nigeria">Yala</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of Cross Riverians are predominantly Christian with minorities practicing different ethnic indigenous religions. The Catholic Church includes the Archdiocese of Calabar (1934) with 51 parishes <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclbr.html">[2]</a> under Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem (2013) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bekuwem.html">[3]</a> and the suffragan diocese of Ogoja (1938) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dogoj.html">[4]</a> with 79 parishes under Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bakpan.html">[5]</a> The Anglican Province of the Niger Delta includes the Diocese of Calabar led by Bishop Nneoyi O. Egbe. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://anglican-nig.org/our-provinces/ecclesiastical-province-of-niger-delta/">[6]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Languages of Cross River State listed by LGA includes :<sup id="cite_ref-e22_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e22-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA</th> <th>Languages </th></tr> <tr> <td>Abi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwune_language" title="Gwune language">Agwagwune</a>; <a href="/wiki/Humono_language" title="Humono language">Humono</a>; <a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Akamkpa</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agoi_language" title="Agoi language">Agoi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bakpinka_language" title="Bakpinka language">Bakpinka</a>; <a href="/wiki/Uyanga_language" title="Uyanga language">Doko-Uyanga</a>; <a href="/wiki/Efik_language" title="Efik language">Efik</a>; <a href="/wiki/Lubila_language" title="Lubila language">Lubila</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nkukoli_language" title="Nkukoli language">Nkukoli</a>; <a href="/wiki/Akpet_language" title="Akpet language">Ukpet-Ehom</a>; Ejagham; <a href="/wiki/Kiong_language" title="Kiong language">Kiong</a>; <a href="/wiki/Dorop_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorop language">Korop</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ubaghara_language" title="Ubaghara language">Ubaghara</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ukwa_language" title="Ukwa language">Ukwa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Umon_language" title="Umon language">Umon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bekwarra</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bekwarra_language" title="Bekwarra language">Bekwarra</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tiv_language" title="Tiv language">Tiv</a>; <a href="/wiki/Putukwam_language" title="Putukwam language">Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Biase</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwune_language" title="Gwune language">Agwagwune</a>; <a href="/wiki/Efik_language" title="Efik language">Efik</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ubaghara_language" title="Ubaghara language">Ubaghara</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ukwa_language" title="Ukwa language">Ukwa</a>;<a href="/wiki/Umon_language" title="Umon language">Umon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Boki</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bete-Bendi_language" title="Bete-Bendi language">Bete-Bendi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bokyi_language" title="Bokyi language">Bokyi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Calabar</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Efik_language" title="Efik language">Efik</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jagham_language" title="Jagham language">Ejagham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ikom</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagham_language" title="Jagham language">Ejagham</a>; <a href="/wiki/Abanyom_language" title="Abanyom language">Abanyom</a>; Bukpe; <a href="/wiki/Futop_language" title="Futop language">Efutop</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mbembe_language" title="Mbembe language">Mbembe</a>,; <a href="/wiki/Nde-Nsele-Nta_language" title="Nde-Nsele-Nta language">Nde-Nsele-Nta</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ndoe_language" title="Ndoe language">Ndoe</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nkukoli_language" title="Nkukoli language">Nkukoli</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nnam_language" title="Nnam language">Nnam</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ikom_language" title="Ikom language">Olulumo-Ikom</a>; Yala </td></tr> <tr> <td>Obanliku</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bete-Bendi_language" title="Bete-Bendi language">Bete-Bendi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Evant_language" title="Evant language">Evant</a>; <a href="/wiki/Iceve-Maci_language" title="Iceve-Maci language">Iceve-Maci</a>; <a href="/wiki/Obanliku_language" title="Obanliku language">Obanliku</a>; <a href="/wiki/Otank_language" title="Otank language">Otank</a>; Tiv </td></tr> <tr> <td>Obubra</td> <td>Agoi; <a href="/wiki/Humono_language" title="Humono language">Hohumono</a>; Legbo; <a href="/wiki/Nyima_language" title="Nyima language">Lenyima</a>; <a href="/wiki/Yigha_language" title="Yigha language">Leyigha</a>; Lokaa; Mbembe; <a href="/wiki/Nkukoli_language" title="Nkukoli language">Nkukoli</a>; Yala; <a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Obudu</td> <td>Bete-Bendi; Bukpe; <a href="/wiki/Bumaji_language" title="Bumaji language">Bumaji</a>; Elege; Tiv; <a href="/wiki/Ubang_language" title="Ubang language">Ubang</a>; <a href="/wiki/Putukwam_language" title="Putukwam language">Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike</a>; </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odukpani</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Efik_language" title="Efik language">Efik</a>; Ejagham; Idere; Kiong; Korop; Odut; Usaghade </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ogoja</td> <td>Ekajuk; Igede; Kukele; Mbe; Nkem-Nkum; Nnam; Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike; Uzekwe; </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yakurr</td> <td>Lokaah; Agoi, Asiga </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yala</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a>; Mbembe; Igede; Yace; Yala; Kukelle </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other languages spoken in Cross State are Eki, Ibibio, Ilue, Ito, and Okobo.<sup id="cite_ref-e22_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e22-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals">Festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg/220px-Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg/330px-Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg/440px-Dance_Troupe_from_Cross_River_State.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Dance Troupe at Cross River State</figcaption></figure> <p>Festivals held in Cross River state includes: </p> <ul><li>The Cross River State Christmas Festival – 1 December to 31 December annually<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Cross River State Carnival Float – 26 and 27 December yearly</li> <li>The Yakurr Leboku Yam festival – 28 August annually</li> <li>The Calabar Boat Regata</li> <li>Anong Bahumono Festival which is held in Anong Village, during which different cultural dances are showcased, including Ikpobin (acclaimed to be the most entertaining dance in the state), Ekoi, Obam, Emukei and Eta<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ediba" title="Ediba">Ediba</a> Bahumono Festival which is held in <a href="/wiki/Ediba" title="Ediba">Ediba</a> Village every last <a href="/wiki/Saturday" title="Saturday">Saturday</a> in the month of July</li> <li>Bekwarra, Obudu, Obanliku, Igede New yam festival which is held every 1st Saturday of September every year.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boshi_extension,_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg/300px-Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg/450px-Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg/600px-Boshi_extension%2C_Okwangwo_Division_of_Cross_River_National_Park.3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Cross River National Park</figcaption></figure> <p>From the soaring plateaus of the mountain tops of <a href="/wiki/Obanliku" title="Obanliku">Obanliku</a> to the Rain forests of Afi, from the <a href="/wiki/Agbokim_Waterfalls" title="Agbokim Waterfalls">Waterfalls of Agbokim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Kwa_River" title="Great Kwa River">Kwa</a> to the spiralling ox-bow <a href="/wiki/Calabar_River" title="Calabar River">Calabar River</a> which provides sights and images of the <a href="/wiki/Tinapa_Resort" title="Tinapa Resort">Tinapa Business Resort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marina_Resort" title="Marina Resort">Marina Resort</a>, Calabar Residency Museum and the Calabar Slave Park along its course, there is always a thrilling adventure awaiting the eco-tourist visiting Cross River State.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other tourist attractions are the <a href="/wiki/Ikom_Monoliths" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikom Monoliths">Ikom Monoliths</a> (a series of volcanic-stone monoliths of unknown age), the <a href="/wiki/Mary_Slessor" title="Mary Slessor">Mary Slessor</a> Tomb, Calabar Drill Monkey Sanctuary, <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_National_Park" title="Cross River National Park">Cross River National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afi_Mountain_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary">Afi Mountain</a> walkway canopy, Kwa Falls, Agbokim waterfalls, Tinapa Business Resort, Mono railway and the annual <a href="/wiki/Calabar_Carnival" title="Calabar Carnival">Calabar Carnival</a> that takes place during the <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> period. </p><p>Cross River State can be accessed by air through the <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Ekpo_International_Airport" title="Margaret Ekpo International Airport">Margaret Ekpo International Airport</a> at Calabar. There are daily flights to Calabar from Lagos and Abuja serviced by airlines such as <a href="/wiki/Air_Peace" title="Air Peace">Air peace</a> Airlines, <a href="/wiki/Ibom_Air" title="Ibom Air">Ibom Air</a> Airlines and recently <a href="/wiki/Cally_Air" title="Cally Air">Cally Air</a>, operated by Aero Contractors which worked for about 5 months in 2021 and at the start of 2022, it stopped operation. </p><p>The Cross River state-owned airline, Cally Air, might have run aground after two years of operations and operational debt in excess of N900 million to its technical partner, Aero Contractors.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Education started with mother tongue education. Presently, a lot of schools in the state for educative learning in the society.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tertiary educational institutions in the State includes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Calabar" title="University of Calabar">University of Calabar</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cross_River_State" title="University of Cross River State">University of Cross River State</a> (UNICROSS)</li> <li>College of Health Technology, <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida_College_of_Agriculture" title="Ibrahim Babangida College of Agriculture">Ibrahim Babangida College of Agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obubra" title="Obubra">Obubra</a></li> <li>Cross River State College of Education located, <a href="/wiki/Akamkpa" title="Akamkpa">Akamkpa</a></li> <li>Federal College of Education, <a href="/wiki/Obudu" title="Obudu">Obudu</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Polytechnic Ugep, <a href="/wiki/Yakurr_Local_Government_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakurr Local Government Area">Yakurr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Javis_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Javis University">Arthur Jarvis University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akpabuyo" title="Akpabuyo">Akpabuyo</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Federal highways </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A4_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A4 highway (Nigeria)">A4</a> north from Calabar via Ikom and Ogoja to Benue State,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A343_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A343 highway (Nigeria)">A343</a> (as part of TAH8: <a href="/wiki/Trans-African_Highway_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans-African Highway 8">Trans-African Highway 8</a> Lagos-Mombasa) west from A4 at Mbok Junction as the Ngulya Mbok Rd and Iyahe Rd to Ebonyi State as the Ogoja-Abakaliki Rd,</li> <li>A4-1 west from A4 at Odukpani Junction as the Ndom Nkim Esuk Odot Rd west across <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_(Nigeria)" title="Cross River (Nigeria)">Cross River</a> at Ayadeghe to <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom</a>.</li></ul> <p>Two roads to <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trans-African_Highway_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans-African Highway 8">Trans-African Highway 8</a> from A4 at Ikum via Mfum at Ekok to N6 to <a href="/wiki/Mamfe" title="Mamfe">Mamfé</a>.</li> <li>The Calabar-Ikom road from Ekang to Otu.</li></ul> <p>Other major roads include: </p> <ul><li>the Oju-Alebo Rd north from <a href="/wiki/A343_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A343 highway (Nigeria)">A343</a> at Iyahe to <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue State</a> as the Iyahe-Ewango-Oju Rd,</li> <li>the Ikum Wula Rd northeast from <a href="/wiki/A4_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A4 highway (Nigeria)">A4</a> at Ikom as the Obudu-Ikom Rd to Obudu,</li> <li>the Ranch Rd east from Obudu as the Vande Ikya-Abanliko Rd and the Akanliko-Ngale Rd,</li> <li>the Amachi-Ndeokpai Rd west from A4 at Ndeokpai across <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_(Nigeria)" title="Cross River (Nigeria)">Cross River</a> by ferry at Ikot Okpora to <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia State</a> at Ewe as the Arochukwu-Akampa-Odukpani-Calabar Rd.</li></ul> <p>Waterways: </p><p><a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a> is a major port, with navigable waterways on Cross River. </p><p>Airports: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Ekpo_International_Airport" title="Margaret Ekpo International Airport">Margaret Ekpo International Airport</a> at Calabar (1983), and <a href="/wiki/Bebi_Airstrip" title="Bebi Airstrip">Bebi Airstrip</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with members of the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Cross River State House of Assembly">state house of assembly</a>. The capital city of the state is <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The governor of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tinapa_Resort" title="Tinapa Resort">Tinapa Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akwa_Akpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Akwa Akpa">Akwa Akpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross River language">Cross River language</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cross_River_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/nigeria/admin/NGA009__cross_river/">"Cross River State: Subdivision"</a>. <i>www.citypopulation.de</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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