Urue-Offong/Oruko
Iyák Oro Oron West | |
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  Urue-Offong/Oruko Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 4°43′0″N 8°09′0″E / 4.71667°N 8.15000°E | |
| Country | Nigeria  Nigeria |
| State | Akwa Ibom State |
| Capital | Urue Offong Town |
| Creation date | 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | RT. Hon. (Mrs.) Precious Selong |
| Area | |
• Total | 45 sq mi (117 km2) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 90,300 |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (770/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC+1 [2]]] (WAT) |
| Postal code | 523 |
| Area code(s) | 523107, 523108, 523109, 523110, 523112, 523111. |
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Urue-Offong/Oruko is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State created in September 1991.[3]
Urue-Offong/Oruko is one of the five Oro language speaking Local Government Area bounded in the North West by Okobo, Akwa Ibom, Oron, Akwa Ibom in the North East, bounded in the East by Udung Uko, and in the South East by Mbo, Akwa Ibom and also bounded by Esit Eket in the South West.
- ^ "Akwa Ibom State: Subdivisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria). Ministry of Information & Culture (1987). Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria: handbook. Ministry of Information & Culture.