What is Akwa Ibom State?
'''Akwa Ibom''' is one of the 36 states of [[Nigeria]]. The capital is [[Uyo]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Onyeakagbu|first1=Adaobi|date=5 October 2021|title=See how all the 36 Nigerian states got their names|url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/see-how-all-the-36-nigerian-states-got-their-names/g8bkn2c|access-date=22 December 2021|website=Pulse.ng|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811220711/https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/see-how-all-the-36-nigerian-states-got-their-names/g8bkn2c|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 May 2017|title=About Akwa Ibom {{!}} Akwa Ibom State Government|url=https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/about-akwa-ibom/|access-date=2021-07-12}}</ref> with an population estimated nearly 5.5 million as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population 2006-2016|url=https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/elibrary/read/474|access-date=14 December 2021|website=[[National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria|National Bureau of Statistics]]|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214205233/https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/elibrary/read/474|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{States of Nigeria}} {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:States of Nigeria]]