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Oron Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Oron
Historic port town on the Cross River estuary, known for the Oron Museum of art.
Oron 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 Oron LGA is Oron.
The headquarters of Oron Local Government Area is Oron. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Oron is 532001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Oron Local Government Area had a population of 117,479 people.
Oron Local Government Area was created in 1976 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.
Oron 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.
Oron 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.