Local government areas of Cross River State
Cross River State has 18 local government areas across three senatorial districts. Find your LGA to see its markets, motor parks and the services available there.
South senatorial district
Calabar Municipal
The seat of the Cross River State Government — ministries, the New Secretariat, Margaret Ekpo International Airport and the historic Watt Market.
Calabar South
Historic old Calabar — the Marina waterfront, Duke Town, the Calabar Port and the Free Trade Zone.
Akpabuyo
Riverine LGA on the Calabar estuary — fishing, crayfish and the historic Esuk Mba trade-by-barter market.
Bakassi
Peninsula LGA on the Gulf of Guinea — fishing communities and the site of the proposed Bakassi Deep Seaport.
Odukpani
The eastern gateway into Calabar along the Calabar–Itu highway — oil palm country and river crossings.
Akamkpa
Largest LGA by land area — rainforest, the Oban Division of the Cross River National Park, timber and rubber estates.
Biase
Agrarian LGA between Akamkpa and Yakurr — cassava, garri and forest-edge farming.
Central senatorial district
Abi
Riverine central LGA along the Cross River — rice, fishing and the Ediba canoe regatta.
Yakurr
Home of Ugep, one of West Africa’s largest single villages, and the famous New Yam Festival.
Obubra
Central crossroads LGA on the Calabar–Ogoja highway — home of the NYSC orientation camp.
Ikom
Cocoa-belt commercial hub near the Cameroon border — home of the ancient Alok monoliths.
Etung
Border LGA on the Cameroon frontier — the spectacular seven-stream Agbokim Waterfalls and cocoa country.
Boki
Highland rainforest LGA — Afi Mountain drill sanctuary, cocoa, coffee and timber.
North senatorial district
Obanliku
Mountain LGA on the Obudu plateau approaches — Sankwala highlands and the Becheve canopy walkway.
Obudu
Nigeria’s premier mountain destination — the Obudu Mountain Resort, cable car and cool highland climate.
Bekwarra
Northern farming LGA between Obudu and Ogoja — groundnuts, yams and palm produce.
Ogoja
Headquarters of the northern senatorial district — a busy five-day market cycle and wholesale garri and yam trade.
Yala
Vast northern LGA on the Benue border — yams, rice and the historic Yahe salt lakes.