Calabar South

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Calabar South is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.{{Cite web|title=Cross River {{!}} state, Nigeria|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cross-River-state-Nigeria|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=About Calabar Municipal Local Government|url=https://www.crossriverhub.ng/about-calabar-municipal-local-government/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Cross River Hub|language=en-US}} Its headquarters are In the town of Anantigha.

It has an area of 264 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 191,630 according to the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 540.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | work = | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx | archivedate = 2012-11-26}}

The local Government Headquarters are in Anantigha.{{Cite web |title=About Calabar South Local Government |url=https://www.crossriverhub.ng/about-calabar-south-local-government/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Cross River Hub |language=en-US}}

There are 12 local Government wards.{{Cite web |title=About Calabar South Local Government |url=https://www.crossriverhub.ng/about-calabar-south-local-government/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Cross River Hub |language=en-US}}