Esit Eket Postal Codes — Akwa Ibom (Akwa Ibom)

THE DESCRIPTION OF ESIT EKET

Esit Eket Geography

Geographic Information regarding the City of Esit Eket

Eket local government area is situated in the South Central portion of Akwa Ibom State territorial expanses spanning Northwards between the Latitudes 4°33 and 4°45 and Eastwards between the Longitudes 7°52 and 5°02. Eket local government is bounded on the North by the local government area of Nsit Ubium, on the East by Esit Eket Local Government Area, also on the West side by Onna Local Government Area, and on the South by the local government area of Ibeno /Bight of Bonny.   

DISTANCE

Nearby cities and villages that are close to Esit Eket:

Ibeno 10.7 km   Eket 12.8 km      Urue-Offong/Oruko 13 km

Ibesikpo Asutan 17.5 km               Mbo 18.5 km      Nsit-Ubium 18.9 km

Okobo 19.9 km

Esit Eket History     

Esit Eket local government area was created by the basic transitional provision decree no 15 of the 1989. Esit Eket is presently made of two clans namely; Ekid Afaha and Ekid Offiong, the clans are held together by common traditions, customs and ancestry relationships. Esit-Eket is known to be a town and Local Government Area in the state of Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria. Esit Eket local government area has been existing as an Administrative Headquarters for more than one hundred (100) years, when the then Head of State of Nigeria, Col. Yakubu Gowon created just 12 States in the 1967, Esit Eket local government area became one of the ten (10) Divisions in the then South Eastern State on the 3 Jun 2019.

Esit Eket Economy

In Esit Eket local government area there are abundant deposit of crude oil and clay. The forest resources in Esit Eket include palm produce, timber while the area is also noted for sea food production. Farm crops range from plantain, yam, coco-yam, cassava, to maize and vegetables.