Yakurr

{{short description|Settlement in Cross River State, Nigeria}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}

{{For|the people inhabiting the area|Yakurr people}}

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Yakurr is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its capital is the town of Ugep. The local government area (LGA) was carved out of Obubra local government in 1987.

Yakurr has an area of 670 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 196,450 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 543.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | access-date = 2009-10-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx | archive-date = 2012-11-26}}

Major settlements in the local government area include: Ugep, Mkpani, Idomi, Ekori, Inyima, Nko, Assiga, Agoi Ibami, Agoi Ekpo, and Agoi Efreke.{{Cite web|title=Yakurr Local Government Area|url=https://www.crossriverhub.com/yakurr/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Cross River Hub|language=en-US}}