🏠 Local Government Area • Cross River State • Cross River Central
Obubra Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Obubra
Known for palm oil, cocoa and the Agoi people. Important agricultural LGA in central Cross River.
Obubra Local Government Area is located in Cross River State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Cross River Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Obubra LGA is Obubra.
The headquarters of Obubra Local Government Area is Obubra. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Obubra is 542101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Obubra Local Government Area had a population of 145,000 people.
Obubra 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.
Obubra 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.
Obubra Local Government Area is in the Cross River Central 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.