Cross River State
Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Calabar
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Calabar is the capital city of Cross River State in South South Nigeria.
Ikom
Ikom is a local government area in Cross River State in South South Nigeria.Destinations
Cross River National Park
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Cross River National Park is a national park in Nigeria, located in Cross River State, South South Nigeria.
Obudu
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Obudu is a local government area and town in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Akpabuyo
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5°00′N 8°24′E / 5°N 8.4°E Akpabuyo is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Akamkpa
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5°18′N 8°18′E / 5.3°N 8.3°E Akamkpa is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Odukpani
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Odukpani is a Local Government Area in Cross River State, South-South Nigeria.
Obanliku
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Obanliku is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Boki
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Boki is one of the local government located in Cross River State in South South Nigeria.
Yakurr
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Yakurr is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Agbokim Waterfalls
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Agbokim waterfalls are situated in the Etung local government area of Cross River State in the South-South region of Nigeria, very close to its border with Cameroon.
Cross River State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 3,740,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Neighbors: Abia State, Akwa Ibom State, Benue State and Ebonyi State
- Category: Cross River
- Location: South South Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
5.75° or 5° 45' northLongitude of centre
8.5° or 8° 30' eastPopulation
3,740,000Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)GeoNames ID
2345891Wikidata ID
Q739676Cross River State Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Cross River
- Arabic: كروس ريفر
- Arabic: ولاية كروس ريفر
- Arabic: ولايه كروس ريفر
- Azerbaijani: Kross River ştatı
- Belarusian: Крос-Рывер
- Bengali: ক্রস রিভার অঙ্গরাজ্য
- Bislama: Cross River State
- Bulgarian: Крос Ривър
- Catalan: Cross River
- Cebuano: Cross River State
- Chinese: Cross River Chiu
- Chinese: 克罗斯河州
- Chinese: 克羅斯河州
- Danish: Cross River
- Dutch: Cross River
- Esperanto: Krosrivera Ŝtato
- Esperanto: Krosrivera ŝtato
- Esperanto: subŝtato Krosrivero
- Esperanto: Ŝtato Krosrivero
- Esperanto: ŝtato Krosrivero
- Estonian: Cross Riveri osariik
- Finnish: Cross River
- French: Cross River
- French: Etat de Cross River
- Fulah: Cross River
- Galician: Cross River
- Georgian: კროს-რივერის შტატი
- German: Cross River
- German: NG-CR
- Greek: Κρος Ρίβερ
- Gujarati: ક્રોસ રિવર સ્ટેટ
- Hausa: Cross River
- Hindi: क्रॉस नदी राज्य
- Hindi: क्रॉस रिवर राज्य
- Igbo: Ȯra Cross River
- Igbo: Ọra Cross River
- Indonesian: Cross River
- Italian: Cross River
- Japanese: クロスリバー州
- Japanese: クロスリヴァー州
- Japanese: クロス・リバー州
- Japanese: クロス・リヴァー州
- Japanese: クロス川州
- Kannada: ಕ್ರಾಸ್ ರಿವರ್ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್
- Korean: 크로스리버주
- Latvian: Krosriveras štats
- Lithuanian: Kros Riverso valstija
- Malay: Cross River State
- Marathi: क्रॉस रिवर राज्य
- Min Nan Chinese: Cross River Chiu
- Mirandese: Cross River
- Nigerian Pidgin: Cross River State
- Northern Frisian: Cross River (Bundesstoot)
- Northern Frisian: Cross River
- Norwegian: Cross River
- Norwegian Bokmål: Cross River
- Persian: ایالت کراس ریور
- Polish: Cross River
- Portuguese: Cross River
- Portuguese: Estado de Cross River
- Portuguese: Rio Cross
- Portuguese: Río Cross
- Romanian: Statul Cross River
- Russian: Кросс-Ривер
- Serbian: Крос Ривер
- Sinhala: ක්රොස් රිවර් රාජ්ය
- Slovenian: Cross River
- Slovenian: NG-CR
- South Azerbaijani: کراس ریور ایالتی
- Spanish: Cross River
- Spanish: Estado de Cross River
- Swahili: Cross River
- Swahili: Cross River State
- Swahili: Jimbo la Cross River
- Swedish: Cross River
- Tamil: கிராஸ் ரிவேர் மாநிலம்
- Telugu: క్రాస్ రివర్ రాష్ట్రము
- Telugu: క్రాస్ రివర్ స్టేట్
- Thai: แม่น้ำครอส
- Turkish: Cross River
- Turkish: Cross River Eyaleti
- Tyap: NG-CR
- Tyap: Si̱tet Ki̱rosi̱riva
- Ukrainian: Крос-Рівер
- Urdu: کراس ریور اسٹیٹ
- Urdu: کراس ریور ریاست
- Vietnamese: Bang Cross River
- Waray (Philippines): Cross River (estado)
- Waray (Philippines): Cross River
- Western Mari: Кросс-Ривер
- Yoruba: Cross River State
- Yoruba: Ipinle Cross River
- Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Cross River
- Damba
- South-Eastern State
- Крос-Ривер
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Cross River State. Photo: Shiraz Chakera, CC BY-SA 2.0.