Akwa Ibom State

E58864
state in Nigeria

Akwa Ibom State is a coastal oil-producing state in southern Nigeria known for its rich cultural heritage, significant petroleum resources, and location within the Niger Delta region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Akwa Ibom State Government 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
belongsToGeopoliticalZone South South ⓘ
bordersState Abia State ⓘ
Cross River State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
bordersWaterBody Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
capital Uyo ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Cross River State ⓘ
dateEstablished 1987-09-23 ⓘ
economicSector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
governingSystem state government within federal republic ⓘ
hasAirport Victor Attah International Airport ⓘ
hasCoastline true ⓘ
hasCulturalFestival Ekpe masquerade festival ⓘ
New Yam Festival ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 31 ⓘ
hasNaturalResource clay ⓘ
crude oil ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
salt ⓘ
hasTraditionalCuisine Afang soup ⓘ
Edikang Ikong ⓘ
Ekpang Nkukwo ⓘ
hasUniversity Akwa Ibom State University ⓘ
University of Uyo ⓘ
isCoastal true ⓘ
isoCode NG-AK ⓘ
isOilProducing true ⓘ
knownFor petroleum production ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
seafood cuisine ⓘ
largestCity Uyo ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Southern Nigeria ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Annang ⓘ
Ibibio people ⓘ
surface form: Ibibio

Oro ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
nickname Land of Promise ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
Southern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South South Nigeria
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rivers State → borderedBy → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Abia State → borders → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Niger Delta → contains → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akwa Ibom State Government
this entity surface form: Akwa Ibom State Government
Nnimmo Bassey → placeOfBirth → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Ijaw → primaryRegion → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Efik people → region → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Ibibio people → regionOfOrigin → Akwa Ibom State ⓘ