Ugep

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Ugep | other_name = (Umor Otu-tu) | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = Peace & Unity | image_skyline = Umor Otutu - Royal Procession.JPG | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = A Line of the Royal Procession, led by the Okpebili - Prime Minister, The Onun Ekoh - Defense Minister, The Obol Lopon of Ugep (the King) | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Nigeria | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nigeria, Cross River State | subdivision_type = Country Nigeria | subdivision_name = 25px Nigeria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Cross River State | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = Direct Rule | leader_title = Obol Lopon | leader_name = Obol Ofem Ubana | leader_title1 = The Highest Town Authority | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =  | area_land_km2 =  | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2018 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 420,000 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = 280,000 | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|5|48|N|8|05|E|region:NG|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 543101 | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Ugep''' ({{Audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-GideonEkam-Ugep.wav|Pronunciation}}) (also '''Umor''')<ref name="jstor">{{cite journal | last = Forde| first = C. Darrell| title = Land and Labour in a Cross River Village, Southern Nigeria | journal = The Geographical Journal| volume = 90| issue = 1| pages = 24–47| publisher = The Royal Geographical Society |date= July 1937| doi = 10.2307/1788245| jstor = 1788245 }}</ref> is a town in the Yakurr Local Government Area in Cross River State, southern Nigeria. The village is populated by the Yakurr people.<ref name="utoronto">{{cite journal | author = Obono, Oka | title = Life Histories of Infertile Women in Ugep, Southern Nigeria| publisher = Union for African Population Studies| date = August 2004| url = https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/4111/1/ep04013.pdf| access-date = 2006-12-30 }}</ref>

Lokaa is the local language.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

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Category:Populated places in Cross River State Category:Towns in Nigeria Category:Local government areas in Cross River State

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