The Republic
Cross River State

Cross River State · Sub-category

Size & Borders

Measurements#
  • Land area: 20,156 km² — 19th largest of 37 jurisdictions
  • Local government areas: 18 — 22nd of 37
  • Population (2006 census, the last held): 2,888,966 — 27th of 37
  • Density: ~143 people per km² on 2006 figures — 21st of 37
Borders#
Within Nigeria#
  • Benue
  • Ebonyi
  • Abia
  • Akwa Ibom
International frontier#
  • Cameroon
Water frontage#

Lost its Atlantic coastline in 2002–06 with the cession of Bakassi; now a littoral state without a sea frontage.

Terrain#

Tropical rainforest — Cross River National Park holds Nigeria's largest surviving primary forest — rising to the Obudu/Obanliku highlands.

References

Sources#
  • National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria Statistical Fact Sheets (land area)
  • National Population Commission, 2006 Census, gazetted figures
  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, First Schedule Part I (LGA count)
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.