Akwa Ibom is a state in Nigeria. It is located in the coastal south-south part of the country. The State is bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean.

Akwa Ibom is one of Nigeria’s 36 states with a population of over 5 million people and around 10 million people in diasppora. It was created in 1987 from the former Cross River State and is a major oil-producing area in the country. The state’s capital is Uyo, home to over 500,000 people and a prominent academic centre University of Uyo. Akwa Ibom has two major sea ports on the Atlantic Ocean with a proposed construction of a world class seaport Ibaka Seaport. Along with English, the main languages spoken here are Ibibio, Annang, Oron, Ibeno, and Eket.

The largest metropolitan areas in Akwa Ibom are the Uyo Metropolitan Area and the Eket Metropolitan Area. Of which the individual cities are the largest and most important Urban Centres in Akwa Ibom State. Uyo is the capital city of Akwa Ibom State. Eket, Ikot Ekpene, Oron, Abak, Ibeno, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enen, Ukanafun, Ekemini are a few of many prominent cities.

Ikot Ekpene, also called Rafia City or IK, is a very famous town in Nigeria. It is located at an important junction in the southeast of the country, joining Calabar, the eastern port, with Port Harcourt, the southern port, Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, and Eket, a major Oil producing City.

Akwa Ibom State was created out of Cross River State on September 23, 1987. Akwa Ibom was created by combining the Ikot Abasi ,Uyo (State Capital), Ikot Ekpene, Eket and Abak divisions of old Calabar province.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS [31]
Abak, Eastern-Obolo, Eket, Esit-Eket, Essien Udim, Etim-Ekpo, Etinan, Ibeno, Ibesikpo-Asutan, Ibiono-Ibom, Ika, Ikono, Ikot Abasi, Ikot Ekpene, Ini, Itu, Mbo, Mkpat-Enin, Nsit-Atai, Nsit-Ibom, Nsit-Ubium, Obot-Akara, Okobo, Onna, Oron, Oruk, Anam, Ukanafun, Udung-Uko, Uruan, Urue-Offong/Oruko, Uyo

CONSTITUENCIES AND REPRESENTATIIVES
The following are the prepresentatives from Abia State Fedral Constituencies. Click on the names of the representatives to view their picture and profile.