🏠 Local Government Area • Akwa Ibom State • Akwa Ibom South
Esit Eket Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Eket
Surrounds Eket city, with communities involved in oil sector support services and fishing.
Esit Eket Local Government Area is located in Akwa Ibom State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district. The headquarters of Esit Eket LGA is Eket.
The headquarters of Esit Eket Local Government Area is Eket. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Eket is 531201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Esit Eket Local Government Area had a population of 66,553 people.
Esit Eket Local Government Area was created in 1991 as part of the national local government reforms. Nigeria has had several rounds of LGA creation — 1976, 1991, and 1996 — which expanded the total from 301 to the current 774 LGAs.
Esit Eket Local Government Area is in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Uyo. Akwa Ibom State has 31 Local Government Areas in total.
Esit Eket Local Government Area is in the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district of Akwa Ibom State. This district is represented by a senator in the Nigerian National Assembly. Each senatorial district in Nigeria comprises several LGAs and elects one senator for a four-year term.