Ogoja

Ogoja
Ogoja is located in Nigeria
Ogoja
Ogoja
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°30′N 8°40′E / 6.500°N 8.667°E / 6.500; 8.667
Country Nigeria
StateCross River State
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanEmmanuel Ishabor
Area
 • Total972 km2 (375 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 census)
 • Total171,901
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix
550
Area code045
ISO 3166 codeNG.CR.OG
Websitewww.crossriverhub.ng/ogoja
Map

Ogoja is a Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria.[1] Its headquarters is Ogoja town in the northeast of the area near the A4 highway at 6°39′17″N 8°47′51″E / 6.65472°N 8.79750°E / 6.65472; 8.79750.[2]

It has an area of 972 km² and a population of 171,901 at the 2006 census.[3]

Its St. Benedict’s Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogoja.[4]

The postal code of the area is 550.[5]

  1. ^ "Fig. 4: Map of ogoja local government area". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ "GPS coordinates of Ogoja, Nigeria, DMS, UTM, GeoHash - CountryCoordinate.com". www.countrycoordinate.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  3. ^ "Ogoja, Nigeria Tourist Information". www.touristlink.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  4. ^ "St. Benedict's Cathedral". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  5. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

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