Oron
Oron is a city in Akwa Ibom State, South South Nigeria. It is the third largest city in Akwa Ibom State after Uyo and Eket.
- Type: Town with 156,000 residents
- Description: local government area of Nigeria
- Also known as: “Oron Local Government Area”, “Oron, Nigeria”, and “Oronai”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Maritime Academy of Nigeria.
Oron
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Akwa Ibom State, South South Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.8169° or 4° 49′ 1″ north
Longitude
8.237° or 8° 14′ 13″ east
Population
156,000
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
6FPCR68P+QQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Oron” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oron (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Oron”
- Dutch: “Oron”
- French: “Oron”
- Fulah: “Oron”
- Hausa: “Oron”
- Igbo: “Oron”
- Italian: “Oron”
- Lithuanian: “Oronas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oron”
- Obolo: “Ọrọn (Mkpulu-ija)”
- Obolo: “Ọrọn”
- Polish: “Oron”
- Romanian: “Oron, Nigeria”
- Romanian: “Oron”
- Russian: “Орон (Нигерия)”
- Russian: “Орон”
- Spanish: “Oron”
- Turkish: “Oron”
- Yoruba: “Oron, Nàìjíríà”
- Yoruba: “Oron”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Iquita and Esuk Oron.
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