Bakassi

thumb|The Nigeria-[[Cameroon border region on the coast from a 1963 map, with Bakassi peninsula in the middle]]

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Settlement.official_name: Bakassi
Settlement.settlement_type: LGA
Settlement.image_map: Un-bakassi.png
Settlement.map_caption: Bakassi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Cameroon
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South West Region
Settlement.leader_title: Local Government Chairman
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 665
Settlement.population_total: 150,000 - 300,000
Settlement.timezone: WAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 8
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes
Settlement.mapframe marker: village

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Elevation: 9
Image: Un-bakassi.png

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Geography and economy
History
Population
Territorial dispute
ICJ verdict
Resolution
Nigerian withdrawal and low-level insurgency
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thumb|The Nigeria-[[Cameroon border region on the coast from a 1963 map, with Bakassi peninsula in the middle]]

Bakassi is a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea. It lies between the Cross River estuary, near the city of Calabar and the Rio del Ray estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice. On 22 November 2007, the Nigerian Senate rejected the transfer, since the Greentree Agreement ceding the area to Cameroon was contrary to Section 12(1) of the 1999 Constitution. Regardless, the territory was completely ceded to Cameroon on 14 August 2008, exactly two years after the first part of it was transferred.