Properties for Sale, Rent or Lease in Calabar Nigeria

A little bit about Calabar, Nigeria

Calabar also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Kalabari and Kalabar is the capital of Cross River State, Nigeria It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in Efik language The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and creeks of the Cross River from its inland delta. Calabar is often described as the tourism capital of Nigeria, especially due to several initiatives implemented during the administration of Donald Duke 1999–2007, which made the city the cleanest and environmentally friendliest city in Nigeria .

Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South Local Government Areas It has an area of 406 square kilometres 157 sq mi and a population of 371,022 as at 2006 census.