Calabar is the capital city of Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria, on the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers near the creeks of the Cross River. Its population was about 371,000 at the 2006 census, with the combined Calabar Municipal and Calabar South areas estimated at about 635,000. Originally known as Akwa Akpa in the Efik language, Calabar has been promoted as the "tourism capital of Nigeria" since improvements made under governor Donald Duke in the early 2000s.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Calabar - GeoNames
Sources
1. Calabar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
It has an area of 406 square kilometres (157 sq mi) and, as of the 2006 census, a population of 371,022.
Infobox (wikitext), elevation_m
elevation_m = 32
Wikipedia REST summary, coordinates
{"lat":4.97666667,"lon":8.33833333}
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Calabar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2346229
4.95893 8.32695 P PPLA NG 22 9008 540000 37 Africa/Lagos
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 37 m
Capital Of: Cross River State, cities500 record 2346229, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 22)
4.95893 8.32695 P PPLA NG 22 9008 540000 37 Africa/Lagos
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, 8.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, 8.25
4.75 8.25 Am
Wikidata: Calabar
Wikidata Q844091, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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