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The people are traditionally fishermen, traders and farmers. Although very rich in sea-foods, palm oil and farm crops, the area is also rich in crude oil, much wells, it ranks among the richest in crude oil deposits found in Oro, Mbo, Okobo, Oron and Udung Uko. The other sister Local
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Today
Traditionally, the Urue Offong people have one king that rules over the land. He is known as the Ahta Oro. The Ahta has all the Ofong (Ivong or Ifong) afaha and the paramount rulers as members of his traditional rulers council. Some high chiefs (for example, Ikpoto, Akpaha and Okete Okete) are
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all the year round. The two main seasons are the dry which spans between
October and April and wet season which starts around May and ends in September. There are also two prevailing winds – the South-West onshore winds which brings heavy rains and the North- East trade winds blowing across the
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in Oro nation are said to have 92, 86, 66 and 39 such wells respectively, even though actual oil exploration is going on in Mbo. The area also has a large deposit of clay and other solid minerals like gravel, fine stones, silica sand, etc.
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Ancient Urue-Offong/Oruko were governed by each Family head who settles every family issues among the family. And this family head in turns represent each family in the
Village traditional court, and in turns a Village Head
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also recognized by the Ahta's council. The
President-General of the Oron Union worldwide is regarded as the administrative head of the Oron nation and second-in-command at the Ahta's traditional rulers council.
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showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are members of this list, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate
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Late Elder Bassey Jack (Unanaowi) Okpoyo (First
Electrical Engineer in Akwa Ibom State and the first man to own a Petrol or Fueling station in Old Cross River State)
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tree fell and people died due to stampede in the late 1890s. Again in Urue Oruko, several hundred of Oron people (mostly traders and women) were killed during the
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Afaha Ukwong clan, also known as the Ukwong district, is the second largest clan in Urue-Ofong/Oruko. It comprises five villages or towns:
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in the late 1960s. This unfortunate event has been observed in Oron to be the most tragic in the history of the
Nigerian Civil War.
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clan, which is the largest of all the clans, now known as
Mbodung District, comprises twenty-one villages and towns:
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came to sell their goods, an unfortunate event occur where several people died close to Sixty after a huge
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it was a home to a huge market (Urue Oruko) in the 1800s where several traders from mainly
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Afaha Ibighi clan, also known as Ibighi district, comprises four villages or towns:
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Afaha Ebughu clan, also known as Ebughu district, comprises two villages or towns:
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In September 1991, Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area was carved out of
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765:"Akwa Ibom State: Subdivisions"
172:RT. Hon. (Mrs.) Precious Selong
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319:Oron people § History
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769:www.citypopulation.de
276:Local Government Area
229: • Summer (
169: • Chairman
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438:Oduonim Isong Inyang
366:Clans and settlement
305:and also bounded by
203: • Density
908:on 23 October 2020.
878:. 30 September 2018
533:Eyubia anglicised (
309:in the South West.
99:4.71667°N 8.15000°E
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71:Location in Nigeria
360:Nigerian Civil War
195: • Total
182: • Total
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413:Eyo Uwesong
378:Abiak Elibi
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329:Oron people
242:Postal code
102: /
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1097:Nsit-Ubium
1082:Mkpat-Enin
1057:Ikot-Abasi
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751:References
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190:Population
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587:Geography
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468:Udung Uwe
458:Udung Eta
428:Eyokpifie
383:Anai Okpo
356:ancestral
307:Esit Eket
299:Udung Uko
274:and is a
212:Time zone
31:Oron West
1132:Ukanafun
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613:Kingship
546:Atte Oro
529:Uya Oron
408:Eyo Ufuo
118:Nigeria
90:8°09′0″E
87:4°43′0″N
28:Iyák Oro
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453:Ubodung
418:Eyo Uya
393:Eyetong
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348:Ilaje
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