🏠 Local Government Area • Cross River State • Cross River South
Bakassi Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Abana
Disputed peninsula returned from Cameroon in 2008. Known for offshore fishing and oil exploration.
Bakassi Local Government Area is located in Cross River State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Cross River South senatorial district. The headquarters of Bakassi LGA is Abana.
The headquarters of Bakassi Local Government Area is Abana. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Abana is 540301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Bakassi Local Government Area had a population of 60,000 people.
Bakassi Local Government Area was created in 1996 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.
Bakassi Local Government Area is in Cross River State, Nigeria. Cross River State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Calabar. Cross River State has 18 Local Government Areas in total.
Bakassi Local Government Area is in the Cross River South senatorial district of Cross River 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.