Biase

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|leader_name =Ada Charles Egwu

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Biase is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akpet Central. It has an area of 1,310 km² and a population of 169,183 at the 2006 census. Biase is in the southern senatorial district of cross river state and languages spoken includes Erei, Efik, Ubaghara, Ukwa, Agwagwune, Umon. Efik is mostly spoken by the Ubaghara, Ukwa language and Umon clans.

The postal code of the area is 542.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx| archivedate= 7 October 2009 | url-status= dead}}