Capital City: | Calabar |
Population: | 2,311,297 (approx) |
Diversity: | 3 Principal Ethnic Groups
- The Efik (South)
- The Ejagham (Central)
- The Bekwarra (North)
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Political Structure: |
- The State Executive
- The State House of Assembly
- The Judiciary
- The Local Government Councils
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Geographic Location: | Bordered by the Republic of Cameroon (in the East) and the Nigerian states of Benue (North), Ebonyi and Abia (West), Akwa Ibom (South West) |
Climate: | Tropical - Humid with dry and wet seasons. The climate is mostly tropical except on the Obudu plateau (five thousand feet above sea level) where due to the altitude it is temperate throughout the year. |
Temperature: | (Averages) 15°C to 23°C |
Vegetation: |
- Mangrove Swamps
- Rain forest
- Derived Savannah
- Parkland
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Features/Topography: |
- Coastal Mangrove
- Wetlands, Creeks, Virgin Rain Forests, Savannah, Parkland
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Soil Type: (Varying by area) |
- Deep laterite fertile
- Dark, clay, basalt
- Sandy, heavily leached
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