Abak is also a nickname for the painter Hans von Aachen

Hans von Aachen

Hans von Aachen , was a German mannerist painter.-Biography:He was born in Cologne, but his name is derived from the birthplace of his father, Aachen in Germany...

. For the place in Pakistan, see Abak, FATA

Abak, FATA

Abak is a town in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It is located at 32°34'9N 69°50'28E with an altitude of 1702 metres ....

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Abak is a town and Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. The LGA was created on September 1987 and it was previously part of Cross River State

Cross River State

Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is at Calabar, and it is named for the Cross River , which passes through the state...

. It was later sub divided into other local government areas such as Oruk Anam

Oruk Anam

Oruk Anam is a Local Government Area located in the South Western part of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. It is one of the eight Annang speaking local government areas. It was created from the former Abak Division....

, Etim Ekpo, Ukanafun

Ukanafun

Ukanafun is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.Ukanafun was carved out from Abak and Opobo divisions of Cross River State...

 and Ika

Ika

Ika may refer to:*Ika, Nigeria, a Local Government Area*Ika people, a subgroup of the Igbo people**Ika dialect* Ika Fjord, now spelt Ikka Fjord, near Ivittuut, Greenland*Ika, a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia...

. Notable tribes include the Annang

Annang

The Annang is a cultural and ethnic group that lives in the Coastal Southeast Nigeria...

.The major economic activities of the people of this area before and after the Nigerian civil war was palm produce exported through river port at Ekpene Okpo, Ntak Ibesit,a distance of about 8km from Abak town. Abak to say the least, is the shadow of its former self due to politically motivated neglect by successive governments in Akwa Ibom state.Abak before the civil war, was the economic hub of the fomer South Eastern Nigeria.