| Official Name: | Calabar Municipal | ||||||
| Native Name: | Mfam Akin Ahen (QuaEjagham) | ||||||
| Nickname: | kalabar | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Cross River State | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Calabar | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Local Government Chairman | ||||||
| Leader Name: | James Koko Anam [1] | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 142 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
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Calabar Municipal is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the city of Calabar. It has an area of 142 km and a population of 179,392 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 540.[2]
The paramount ruler of Calabar Municipality is known as the Ndidem of the Quas and paramount ruler of Calabar municipality, he is the president of traditional rulers council in Calabar municipality and grand patriarch of Ejagham Nation.
Senator Joseph Oqua Ansa, is the first person from Calabar Municipal Local Government Area (LGA) to be voted in as a senator representing Cross River State Southern Senatorial District at the Nigerian senate in 1979.[3]