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Come and live and be at rest at Calabar

Ariel view of the millennium park. The flag is the biggest flag in all of Africa  Calabar a city mostly referred to by Nigerians as the 'Canaan City' is the Capital city of Cross River state Nigeria. Located in the Southern part of the country along the coast, Calabar is divided for administrative and political purposes into two local government areas namely Calabar municipal council area and Calabar South council area. The city has an estimated population of about 1.2million people. The original town of modern day Calabar was known as 'akwa akpa' in its native efik language. The city was later renamed Calabar by the British colonialist because of its calm bay. Calabar was the first point of entry by colonialist and as such it was the first political capital of old Niger protectorate, Southern protectorate and oil river protectorate. It was thus effectively the first Nigerian Capital City. Cable car station at the Obudu Ranch Resort. It is the...