Ika | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: (Ika-Annang) | |
  Ika Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 5°01′0″N 7°32′0″E / 5.01667°N 7.53333°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Akwa Ibom State |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Hon. Barr Utibe Nwoko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.9 sq mi (116.3 km2) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 92,900 |
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (800/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Website | www.annangheritage.org |
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Ika (Ika-Annang; also Ika Ibom) is a Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.[2][3] The headquarters of the Ika local government area is Urua Inyang. Ika is subdivided into clans, Ito, Achan and Ikananang (Odoro) and over 50 villages in totality with an identical cultural display called Akakum/Asakom nicknamed Afum (meaning wind). Displayed mostly at Christmas.
Ika is one of the eight Annang local government areas of the present thirty-one local government areas in Akwa Ibom State. Ika local government area of Annang people Annang or Ika people (Ika-Annang) were formerly in the old Abak which was subdivided into other local governments resulting in five new local government areas, namely Abak, Oruk-Anam, Etim-Ekpo, Ukanafun and Ika local government areas. During the colonization of Nigeria by the British, Ika Annang was for the most part under the Aba division of the Owerri province, as opposed to other Annang who were under the Ikot Ekpene or Abak divisions.
The language of the Ika people of Akwa Ibom State is an Annang dialect of the Annang people.
- ^ "Akwa Ibom State: Subdivisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Books, L. L. C. (May 2010). Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State: Ikot Ekpene, Uyo, Eket, Mkpat-Enin, Abak, Oruk Anam, Ika-Annang, Oron, Nigeria, Eastern Obolo. General Books LLC. ISBN 9781155785943.
- ^ MENDIE, PATRICK. Ika Annang Metaphysics. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781365923982.