Talk:Ikot Ekpene

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I think it is both historically and culturally significant that IK was the first local government area in Nigeria under the British. Please comment if this is not a fact or relevant to the history of the area. Thanks --Rcollman 13:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I removed a sentence referring to the "charms" of the Ikot Ekpene people. This sentence does not mean what you think it means - in normal english it means that the people are charming, in Nigerian English it means the people practice witchcraft. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.80.210.131 (talk) 09:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Comment: "Ikot" means "The Farm of" and "Ekpene" is a name of a person (long dead). Whoever wants to build that in should feel free —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.80.210.131 (talk) 09:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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I just edited the Ikot Ekpene page, a place where I have fond memories. It is not clear to me when the glory days of Ikot Ekpene actually spanned (1950 - 1967?). There are many famous sons and daughters that are not mentioned. But these are trivial points. I decided to clean it up the statements of blame and remove the watch which was placed on this page. However true the blames may or maynot be, they do not honor the people of Ikot Ekpene in my opinion.

Ikot Ekpene is both a town and a region. Under the British administrative scheme (which lasted through Biafra), there was an Annang Province, made up of Abak (to the south) and Ikot Ekpene Divisions. Each Division was broken up into what were called County Councils, which were groups of towns. I believe there were 4 county councils in Ikot Ekpene Division, one was called Ikot Ekpene. Ikot Ekpene town contained a Provincial, Divisional and I believe county council administrative units. This had a big impact upon the town when compared to say Abak. In 2006, Ikot Ekpene region is defined differently than any of the above Ikot Ekpene administrative/political units.

A great deal of Ikot Ekpene Division is surrounded by Ibo speakers. Aba to the West and Umuhia to the North. In particular, the Arochukwu in the 1800's must have influenced the culture of today's Ikot Ekpene peoples as much as the British. Some accounts indicate that Ikot Ekpene's Annang ancestors helped form that vast trading empire/organization.

|GUIDE TO SOURCES OF NIGERIAN HISTORY AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF NIGERIA, ENUGU BRANCH is very interesting. "Calabar was created a province in 1914 and was made up of the following Districts and Divisions, namely, Abak, Arochuku, Eket, Ikot Ekpene, Itu, Opobo and Uyo. In 1959 Calabar Province was split into Calabar, Uyo and Anang Provinces." It also notes that in 1914 Arochuku became a sub-district under the Ikot Ekpene Division, and in 1959 it formed part of Bende Division in Umuahia Province. In 1908 was part of the Ikot Ekpene was carved out and constituted into the sub-district of Itu. In 1914 Itu became a District under the Ikot Ekepene Division. in 1927 it became a separate Division and was renamed Enyong Division. --Rcollman 00:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I have two comments to those whose words I edited with care: "A picture is worth 1000 words and are often more powerful than words". If you don't get that, then you probably don't know what a one legged animal is either. I suggest with kindness that you seek out several old person who understand oral tradition for that answer. It would be a shame if I am the only one left who remembers. --Rcollman 18:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The website referenced has NOTHING to do with Ikot Ekpene. It's about the annang ethnic group. This should be deleted and replaced with a link to the official Akwa Ibom State government website! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.133.171.13 (talk) 12:50, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Added geographical coordinates
I put in the coordinates at the bottom of the page source however the coordinates I got from http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NI/a/I/k/o/t/32/E/ and the google maps search for ikot ekpene, nigeria both agree however they do not agree with what is in the source code for the infobox. The lat/lon data from the infobox is not in the actual rendered page though so I'm not sure what to do. -AndrewBuck 21:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)