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City and LGA in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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Oron is a city in Akwa Ibom State, South South Nigeria. It is the third largest city in Akwa Ibom State after Uyo and Eket.
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The museum was established in 1958 to accommodate eight hundred known ancestral figures (ekpu) of the Oron people which are believed to be among the oldest and finest surviving wood carvings in Africa. During the civil war, many of the wood carvings were looted and the museum was severely damaged. In 1975, the museum was re-inaugurated and today houses the remains of the wooden sculptures and other ethnographic materials from across Nigeria. The museum also has displays of bunkers used during the civil war as well as a crafts village. The museum also houses some fine carvings, relics, artifacts and other valuable antiquities such as masquerade costumes traditional/instruments, pottery. The museum also contains an attractive, shaded water front garden where you can watch small boats drifting on the creeks.
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Basically, the market is a big one, where many food items, clothes and household equipments are sold and purchased.
This market offers in-store shopping.
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There are several bus transport companies in Oron that offer daily services from almost all major cities and States around the country as well as international destinations in West Africa such as…
5 °C . Oron is located on 4 degrees North latitude and 8 degrees East longitude. The area is a hilly area despite situated in a place a that is low in altitude, which rises 350 feet above sea level.
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