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Uyo is a city in south-eastern Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

and is the capital of Akwa Ibom State, a major oil producing state of Nigeria. The city became a capital of Akwa Ibom State on September 23, 1987 following the creation of the state from Cross River State

Cross River State

Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is at Calabar, and it is named for the Cross River , which passes through the state...

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The city is site of the University of Uyo

University of Uyo

The University of Uyo is located in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.The university was formerly known as the University of Cross River State . On October 1, 1991 the federal government of Nigeria established it as a federal university and the name was changed to the University of Uyo...

. The population of the Uyo according to the 2006 Nigerian Census which comprises Uyo and Itu

Itu

Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...

LGA's is 436,606 . while the urban Area which includes Uruan

Uruan

Uruan is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State....

LGA is 554,906

Transportation

The city can be accessed by road via the A342 highway

A342 highway (Nigeria)

The A342 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It is one of the east-west roads linking the main south-north roads. ....

, as well as the Abak Road, Nwaniba Road, Itu Road, and Aka Road. Nearby airports include the Uyo Airport, also known as the Akwa Ibom International Airport.

Uyo is a fast growing city, as the city has withnessed massive infrastructural growth in the past nine years. It has an intensive network of divided highways, such as the IBB

Ibrahim Babangida

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida CFR DSS mni , popularly known as IBB, was a Nigerian Army officer and military ruler of Nigeria...

way, Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, alias Turakin Adamawa, GCON was the Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He is a Muslim native of Adamawa State, and was an influential member of the ruling People's Democratic Party until 2006 when he switched affiliation to the Action Congress party...

Avenue, Udo Udoma Avenue, Nsikak Eduok Avenue, Edet Akpan Avenue an eight-lane superhighway which is currently the widest road in the Uyo metropolis. Currently, flyovers are being constructed to ease traffic. Three flyovers have already been complete at the Itam

ITAM

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axis of the urban area which is under Itu

Itu

local government area. And plans are on for more flyovers as well as dualisation of Aka

Aka

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road, construction of Ring Road 3 and the dualisation of Wellingtion Bassey way.

Housing

As a fast growing city, Uyo is home to many notable housing districts such as the Ewet Housing Estate, Shelter Afrik, and other estates located in various parts of the city as well as private estates and other residential districts. The city has two major industrial estates including the Itam Industrial Estate. The city of Uyo is notably neat and hospitable to foreigners and its aborigines. Highbrow residential areas in Uyo include the prestigious Ewet Housing Estate, Shelter Afrik, and a host of other choice areas in the city and its environs. The state government plans to construct newer residential districts as well as a central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

within the metropolis.

Recreation

The city boasts public recreational areas such as the Ibom Connection and the prestigious Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort which is still under construction and, when completed, will be the largest hotel in the West African region.
The State has other recreational projects under construction, such as the Ibom Tropicana Resort, which will include a 16-story 5-star hotel, a dome, a cinema, a shopping area, water parks, and other recreational facilities. It and similar projects are expected to boost the tourism potential of the state.
The city also has a museum.

Education

Uyo is home to the University of Uyo

University of Uyo

, formerly known as the University of Cross River State. Its name was changed when, in 1991, the government of Nigeria established it as a federal university.

Uyo is also home to a campus of the National Open University of Nigeria and the Uyo City Polytechnic.

Uyo City Awards

To annually reward and encourage people of the Uyo metropolis in different walks of life who through hardwork, honesty, perserverance, resilience and integrity have risen to exceptional heights, Wetinhappen.com - Nigeria's exclusive photoevent magazine online, and Kardynal Kommunikationz - a frontline media conglomerate have initiated Uyo City Awards.
Uyo City Awards is designed to be an annual rewarding community based social re-orientation initiative with the positioning statement; Promise. Reward. Excellence. The Awards will be symbolized in a statuette of the Ibom Connection - a prominent landmark in the city of Uyo. This icon depicts the unity of Akwa Ibom people. Uyo City Awards 2010 will feature 56 categories, 237 nominees and 15 remarkable achievers.
The objective of this project is to encourage, motivate, recognize, applaud and toast to excellence the offerings and enterprise of people, corporations, brands and creatives in Uyo metropolis. Another objective of this project is to spotlight the city of Uyo – the melting pot of all Akwa Ibom people and also honour people who have achieved various remarkable feats.

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