Calabar
Coordinates: 4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E
Calabar (also called Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Kalabari and Kalabar)[2] is the capital city of the Cross River State in Nigeria. It was first called Akwa Akba in the Efik language.[3][4] The city is next to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and creeks of the Cross River.
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Kingdom of Calabar | |
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City | |
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| Coordinates: 4°57′0″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Cross River |
| Area | |
| • Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 371,022 |
| • Density | 913.8/km2 (2,366.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Am |
Calabar Media
Duke Town Church, Calabar, late 19th century
A merchantman docked in Calabar, 1981
Old Residency, National Museum, Calabar
The Calabar hand sculpture
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Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
Kwa Falls, along the Kwa River in Cross River State, Nigeria
The residents of Ibeno are majorly fishermen, this is one of their boats
This early morning photo of a molded Elephant on a Forest background symbolize the ultimate goal (Conservation of Fauna and Flora) of the National Park.
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References
- ↑ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA : 2006 Population Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ Falola, Toyin; Amanda Warnock (2007). Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage: Greenwood Milestones in African American History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1.
- ↑ "History of Nigeria - Akwa Akpa". www.liquisearch.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ↑ Afigbo, Adiele Eberechukwu (1987). The Igbo and their neighbours: inter-group relations in southeastern Nigeria to 1953. University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-154-583-6.
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