Cross River State

E59533

state in Nigeria

Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich biodiversity, rainforest reserves, and the city of Calabar, a major cultural and tourism hub.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cross River State canonical	33
Cross River State Local Government Areas	2
Calabar Province	1
Cross River State, Nigeria	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state in Nigeria ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	cassava ⓘ cocoa ⓘ maize ⓘ oil palm ⓘ rubber ⓘ yam ⓘ
airportLocatedIn	Calabar ⓘ
borderedByCountry	Cameroon ⓘ
borderedByState	Abia State ⓘ Akwa Ibom State ⓘ Benue State ⓘ Ebonyi State ⓘ Taraba State ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
containsAttraction	Agbokim Waterfalls ⓘ Kwa Falls ⓘ Marina Resort Calabar ⓘ Obudu Mountain Resort ⓘ Tinapa Resort ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ Cross River National Park ⓘ Mbe Mountains Community Forest ⓘ Oban Hills Division of Cross River National Park ⓘ Cross River National Park ⓘ surface form: Okwangwo Division of Cross River National Park
country	Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom	former South-Eastern State ⓘ
dateEstablished	1976 ⓘ
economySector	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
formerName	South-Eastern State ⓘ
governorTermStart	2023 ⓘ
hasAirport	Margaret Ekpo International Airport ⓘ
hasCapital	Calabar ⓘ
hasCoastOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasEcosystem	mangrove forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Bekwarra people ⓘ Boki people ⓘ Efik people ⓘ Ejagham people ⓘ Obudu people ⓘ Yakurr people ⓘ Yala people ⓘ
hasGovernor	Bassey Otu ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea	Abi ⓘ Akamkpa ⓘ Akpabuyo ⓘ Bekwarra ⓘ Biase ⓘ Boki ⓘ Calabar ⓘ surface form: Calabar Municipal Calabar South ⓘ Etung ⓘ Ikom ⓘ Obanliku ⓘ Obubra ⓘ Obudu ⓘ Odukpani ⓘ Ogoja ⓘ Yakurr ⓘ Yala ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreaCount	18 ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Calabar ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage	Bekwarra ⓘ Efik people ⓘ surface form: Efik Ejagham people ⓘ surface form: Ejagham Yala ⓘ
hasMajorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Traditional African religions ⓘ
hasMajorTown	Akamkpa ⓘ Bekwarra ⓘ Ikom ⓘ Obubra ⓘ Obudu ⓘ Ogoja ⓘ Ugep ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	Calabar Festival ⓘ surface form: Calabar Carnival Calabar International Jazz Festival ⓘ New Yam Festival ⓘ surface form: Leboku New Yam Festival
hasRiver	Cross River ⓘ Great Kwa River ⓘ
knownFor	cultural festivals ⓘ ecotourism ⓘ rainforest reserves ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
namedAfter	Cross River ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Niger Delta → contains → Cross River State ⓘ

Efik people → region → Cross River State ⓘ

Ibibio people → regionOfOrigin → Cross River State ⓘ

Akwa Ibom State → createdFrom → Cross River State ⓘ

Akwa Ibom State → bordersState → Cross River State ⓘ

Niger Delta Development Commission → regionServed → Cross River State ⓘ

Abia State → borders → Cross River State ⓘ

Southern Nigeria → contains → Cross River State ⓘ

Tiv people → primaryLocation → Cross River State ⓘ

Tiv language → associatedWith → Cross River State ⓘ

Benue State → borders → Cross River State ⓘ

Ijaw people → stateOfResidence → Cross River State ⓘ

Calabar → locatedIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Calabar → isCapitalOf → Cross River State ⓘ

Igbo people → significantPopulationIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Ebonyi State → borders → Cross River State ⓘ

Efik language → spokenIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Efik literature → associatedWith → Cross River State ⓘ

Duke Town → partOf → Cross River State ⓘ

Henshaw Town → locatedIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Creek Town → locatedIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Obong of Calabar → locatedIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Obong of Calabar → associatedState → Cross River State ⓘ

Afang soup → associatedWith → Cross River State ⓘ

Ekpang Nkukwo → eatenIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Calabar Festival → locatedIn → Cross River State ⓘ

Ibibio language → region → Cross River State ⓘ

Ekpe masquerade festival → region → Cross River State ⓘ

Edikang Ikong → regionOfOrigin → Cross River State ⓘ

Edikang Ikong → associatedStates → Cross River State ⓘ

South South → comprisesState → Cross River State ⓘ

Idomoid languages → geographicDistribution → Cross River State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cross River State, Nigeria

Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Cross River State ⓘ

South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria → comprisesState → Cross River State ⓘ

Odukpani → partOf → Cross River State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cross River State Local Government Areas

Aba Women’s Riot of 1929 → location → Cross River State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calabar Province

Calabar Municipal Local Government Area → belongsTo → Cross River State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cross River State Local Government Areas