Oron

Oron is a coastal city and Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and is home to the Maritime Academy of Nigeria and the Oron Museum. The area covers about 70 square kilometres and had a population of 156,461 at the 2006 census. Oron became a division in August 1970 and a Local Government Area in 1976; later reorganisations in 1989, 1991 and 1996 carved Mbo, Okobo, Urue-Offong/Oruko and Udung Uko out of it. Oron town is made up of four of the nine Oron clans, called Afaha: Afaha Okpo, Ibighi (also known as Uya Oro district), Afaha Ukwong (now Eyo Abasi district) and Afaha Ubodung (now Eyotong district). The climate is tropical, with a dry season from October to February and a wet season from March to September. The region is known for its oil palm belt, rainforest, mangroves, beaches and seafood, and for oil and natural gas, most of the oil lying offshore.