Oron

Understand

Oron has an estimated population of 250,000. Lying on the Cross River, Oron has a seaport and a maritime academy which is soon to become a nautical university. The predominant occupation is fishing and farming.

Oron became a division in August 1970 and in 1976, was made a Local Government Area. However, following the local government creation exercise of the federal government in 1989, Oron was split into 3 Local Government Areas of Mbo, Akwa Ibom Oron, Akwa Ibom and Okobo, Akwa Ibom. Again in September 1991, Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area was carved out of Oron Local Government Area. Finally in December 1996, Udung Uko Local Government Area was further carved out of Oron.

Oron is the host of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.

Get around

Oron occupies an area of approximately 30 square miles (70 km2) in size with estimated humidity of about 74 percent and average temperature pegged at 27.5 °C . Oron is located on 4 degrees North latitude and 8 degrees East longitude. The area is a hilly area despite situated in a place a that is low in altitude, which rises 350 feet above sea level. It is an area between open grassland and tropical forest and it has an average annual rainfall of 77 inches which is 198 cm.

Do

The Ekpe outings feature impressive displays of masquerades

Mbok

Nkwobo

Buy

There are a good number of markets and supermarkets where both visitors, travellers and the inhabitants of Oron can sell and purchase commodities from. Some of them include:

Eat

Oron Museum Kitchen serves light local dishes such as Isi-Ewu, pepper soup and fresh pal wine. It offers a complete taste of Akwa Ibom located at No. 1 Oron Road, Oron, Akwa Ibom State. It opens from Monday to Friday, 8AM-5PM.

Sleep

There are a couple of hotel accommodation options in and around Oron available for both traveller and visitors to lodge in. Some of these accommodation options include:

Connect

For most locations in Oron, there is coverage of the 2G/3G/4G mobile networks, but signal strength usually diminishes further away from the city center, and you might occasionally experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers in the remote areas of the city. Different networks tend to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.