🏠 Local Government Area • Cross River State • Cross River South
Calabar Municipal Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Calabar
Heart of Calabar city. Home to Mary Slessors grave, slave history museum and carnival headquarters.
Calabar Municipal 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 Calabar Municipal LGA is Calabar.
The headquarters of Calabar Municipal Local Government Area is Calabar. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Calabar is 540001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Calabar Municipal Local Government Area had a population of 183,000 people.
Calabar Municipal 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.
Calabar Municipal 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.
Calabar Municipal 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.