Oruk Anam is a Local Government Area located in the South Western part of 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...

. It is one of the eight Annang

Annang

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

 speaking local government areas. It was created from the former Abak

Abak

Abak is a town and Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The LGA was created on September 1987 and it was previously part of Cross River State. It was later sub divided into other local government areas such as Oruk Anam, Etim Ekpo, Ukanafun and Ika...

 Division.

It shares the same boundary with Ikot-Abasi

Ikot-Abasi

Ikot Abasi is located in the South West corner of Akwa Ibom State at latitude 40` 32` to 400 N and longitude 70` 25` to 70045` E. It is bounded by Oruk Anam Local Government Area in the North, Mkpat Enin and Eastern Obolo Local Government Areas in the West and the Atlantic Ocean in the South...

/Mkpat-Enin

Mkpat-Enin

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....

 (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) by the south/east and 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...

 (Anaang speakers) by the west. Its population according to the 2006 census is 172,000. Its inhabitant are mostly farmers, craftmen and civil servants. The area is a major gateway to Port Harcourt and Aba

Aba, Nigeria

Aba is a city and a big trading center in Abia State, southern Nigeria, located on the Aba River. Aba was established by the Igbo People of Nigeria as a market town and then later a military post was placed there by the British colonial administration in 1901...

 as such there is lots of commercial activities along the major road points like Ekparakwa. The area hosts some government interest like the general hospital located in Ikot Okoro

Ikot Okoro

Ikot Okoro is a rural settlement of Akwa Ibom State and was one of the larger population concentrations in the now defunct South Eastern Nigeria. Now smaller, it is about 15 km southwest of the regional center of Abak. The people of Ikot Okoro have been clamoring for the creation of a local...

, police stations and schools.