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Udung-Uko Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Udung Uko
Small coastal LGA known for offshore fishing. Communities are predominantly fishing villages.
Udung-Uko 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 Udung-Uko LGA is Udung Uko.
The headquarters of Udung-Uko Local Government Area is Udung Uko. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Udung Uko is 532101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Udung-Uko Local Government Area had a population of 55,518 people.
Udung-Uko 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.
Udung-Uko 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.
Udung-Uko 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.