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Calabar
Kingdom of Calabar | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Giant Hand Sculptures near National Museum, Calabar. | |
  Calabar Location in Nigeria  Calabar Calabar (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 04°58′36″N 08°20′18″E / 4.97667°N 8.33833°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Cross River |
| Area | |
• Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
• Total | 371,022 |
• Estimate (2022) | 571,500 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. Dollar) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $4.8 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $7,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Am |
Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar)[3] is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area.[4] The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers, and the creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta).
Calabar was once described as the tourism capital of Nigeria,[5] especially due to several initiatives implemented during the administration of Donald Duke as the Governor of Cross River State (1999–2007). The city became the cleanest and most environmentally friendly city in Nigeria.[6]
Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South Local Government Areas. It has an area of 406 square kilometres (157 sq mi) and, as of the 2006 census, a population of 371,022.[7] Both LGAs together had an estimated population of 571,500 in 2022.[8]
- ^ "Federal Republic of Nigeria : 2006 Population Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "TelluBase—Nigeria Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Egbas, Jude (26 August 2019). "Calabar, Nigeria's tourism capital, has fallen!!". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Achum, T. Valentine http://789marketing.com.ng/calabar-restoring-tourism-glory-nigerias-pride/ Archived 2 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Simon O. Ering (2010). "The Population Situation in Cross River State of Nigeria and Its Implication for Socio-Economic Development: Observations from the 1991 and 2006 Censuses" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Cross River (State, Nigeria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 February 2024.