Mkpat-Enin
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Mkpat-Enin is located in the south east of Nigeria
and is a town and a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is at an altitude of about 185 m.
The LGA has an area of 322.352 km2 and is located within the industrial belt extending from Ibiono, Eket to Ikot Abasi. The people are traditionally Ibibio
speakers. The population was 178,036 based on the 2006 census. The area is rich in oil and natural gas. Oil was discovered in Ikot Akpa/Ekop as early as 1953. Forest reserves include timber and wood, palm produce.
One of the campuses of the Akwa Ibom State University of Technology
is located in this community.
It is part of the Ikot Abasi / Mkpat Enin / Eastern Obolo Constituency of the Nigerian House of Representatives.
It is within the Catholic
Diocese of Uyo
.
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...
and is a town and a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is at an altitude of about 185 m.
The LGA has an area of 322.352 km2 and is located within the industrial belt extending from Ibiono, Eket to Ikot Abasi. The people are traditionally Ibibio
Ibibio language
Ibibio-Efik, also known as Ibibio and Efik, is the major dialect cluster of the Benue–Congo language family called Cross River. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and is the literary standard of the Efik languages, though Ibibio proper has more native speakers.-Varieties:Efik is a dialect...
speakers. The population was 178,036 based on the 2006 census. The area is rich in oil and natural gas. Oil was discovered in Ikot Akpa/Ekop as early as 1953. Forest reserves include timber and wood, palm produce.
One of the campuses of the Akwa Ibom State University of Technology
Akwa Ibom State University of Technology
The Akwa Ibom State University of Technology is a university under construction and is tasked with building up a unique academic environment that will become the primary vehicle for actualizing the educational dream of developing the intellectual and creative capacities of its students...
is located in this community.
It is part of the Ikot Abasi / Mkpat Enin / Eastern Obolo Constituency of the Nigerian House of Representatives.
It is within the Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
Diocese of Uyo
Uyo
Uyo is a city in south-eastern Nigeria and is the capital of Akwa Ibom State, a major oil producing state of Nigeria. The city became a capital of Akwa Ibom State on September 23, 1987 following the creation of the state from Cross River State....
.