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Yakuur Local Government Area
Cross River State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Ugep
Known for the Ugep people, palm oil and cassava. Home to Cross River State University campus at Ugep.
Yakuur 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 Yakuur LGA is Ugep.
The headquarters of Yakuur Local Government Area is Ugep. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ugep is 542201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Yakuur Local Government Area had a population of 165,000 people.
Yakuur 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.
Yakuur 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.
Yakuur 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.