Calabar
city in Nigeria
4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E
Calabar
Kingdom of Calabar | |
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City | |
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 Flag | |
  Calabar Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 4°57′0″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Cross River |
| Area | |
| • Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 371,022 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Am |
Calabar (also called Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Kalabari and Kalabar)[2] is the capital city of the Cross River State in Nigeria. It was first called Akwa Akba in the Efik language.[3][4] The city is next to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and creeks of the Cross River.
References change
- ↑ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA : 2006 Population Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ Falola, Toyin; Amanda Warnock (2007). Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage: Greenwood Milestones in African American History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1.
- ↑ "History of Nigeria - Akwa Akpa". www.liquisearch.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ↑ Afigbo, Adiele Eberechukwu (1987). The Igbo and their neighbours: inter-group relations in southeastern Nigeria to 1953. University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-154-583-6.
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