Eket

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Eket Ekid
LGA and town
Eket
Coordinates: 4°39′N 7°56′E / 4.650°N 7.933°E / 4.650; 7.933
Country	Nigeria
State	Akwa Ibom State
Government
• Chairman	Hon Akaninyene Tommey Ikott
Area
• LGA and town	81.0 sq mi (209.7 km2)
• Metro	83 sq mi (214 km2)
Population  (2022)[1]
• LGA and town	220,600
• Density	2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Vehicle registration	KET
Climate	Am

Eket is one of the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name Eket or Ekid also refers to the indigenous people of the region who are the Ibibio people of the southern part of Ibibioland and to their dialect which is Ekid . The Eket people use the endonym Ekid for themselves and their language, but Europeans spell and pronounce the name as "Eket".

Apart from being a local government area in Akwa Ibom State, Eket is one of the three geopolitical zones in the state. The geopolitical zones are Uyo senatorial district, Ikot Ekpene senatorial district and Eket senatorial district.

The town itself is an industrial city that in recent years has become a conurbation joining together separate villages. The Office of the Surveyor-General of Akwa Ibom State estimates the area of the Eket Local Government Area to be approximately 176.000 square Km while the 2006 National Census gives the population of the Local Government Area as 172,856.^[2] However, the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Economic Development gives the 2013 estimated population of the Eket Local Government Area as given as 218,438 with a population density of 1,241/square Km.