Sankwala Mountains are mountain ranges in Obanliku

Obanliku

Obanliku is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sankwala.It has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 110,324 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 552....

 Local Government Area

Local Government Areas in Nigeria

||Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas .Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting of a chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members who are referred to as Councillors....

 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...

 in 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 Sankwala Mountains lie southeast of the town of Obudu

Obudu

Obudu is a Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria, a hotspot in Nigeria's tourism.The area features a tourist resort, the Obudu Cattle Ranch, which also hosts an annual race in the hilly surroundings – the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race.The town of Obudu is downstream from the...

,north of the Okwangwo section of Cross River

Cross River

Cross River may refer to:In Nigeria*Cross River *Cross River State, in southeastern Nigeria, named after the above river*Cross River languages, a branch of the Benue-Congo languages subgroup of the Niger-Congo languagesIn Canada...

 National Park.
The mountains attain an average elevation of about 1800 metres (5,906 ft) above sealevel..

Climate

Sankwala mountains have a cool climate.This has attracted tourist to the mountains in recent years to the Obudu Plateau

Obudu Plateau

Obudu Plateau is a montane grassland plateau found on the Oshie Ridge of the Sankwala Mountain range, in Cross River state,south east of Nigeria. The plateau is found in Obanliku local government area of the Cross river state...

 on the sankwala mountains. .

Tourist activities

The Sankwala mountains record a high number of tourist activities every year.This has led to the development of the Obudu Mountain Resort on one of the ridges of the sankwala mountains,known as the Oshie ridge

Oshie Ridge

Oshie Ridge is found in Obanliku Local Government of Cross River State in Nigeria.The ridge is about high above sealevel.Oshie Ridge is one of the two ridges making the Sankwala Mountains with the other ridge known as Sankwala..- The Oshie Plateau :...

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