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'''Obanliku''' is a [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|Local Government Area]] of [[Cross River State]], [[Nigeria]]. Its headquarter is in the town of Sankwala. Obanliku is made up of ten wards namely: Busi, Basang, Bebi, Bisu, Utanga, Becheve, Bendi 1, Bendi 2, Bishiri North & Bishiri South. Obanliku Local Government is located in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State. It is both an inter-State and international boundary Local Government Area. It is bounded in the North by Kwanda Local Government of Benue State in the East by the Republic of Cameroon, the west by Obudu Local Government Area and in the South by Boki Local Government Area.
It has an area of 1,057&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} and a population of 110,324 at the 2006 census.
The [[postal code]] of the area is 552.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The Executive Chairman of Obanliku Local Government Council, is Evangelist Margaret U. Inde.
The [[Obudu Cattle Ranch]] is within the area of Obanliku. An annual international race is held at the destination – the [[Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race]]. The people that inhabit the Obanliku Local Government Area are predominantly farmers. Agriculture which accounts for about 80 percent of production is the mainstay of the economy of the Local Government Area. The area has abundant fertile land which is suitable for the cultivation of the following cash crops: Apple, Banana, Cashew, Cassava, Castor, Citrus Orchard, Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Grape, Groundnut, Honey breeding, Kola nut, Mango, Palm Tree, Pineapple, Plantation, Rice, Soya beams, Tea, Wheat and Yams.
==References==
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{{LGAs and communities of Cross River State}}
https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/States_Nigeria/Cross-River/History-of-Obanliku-in-Cross-River.html
[[Category:Local Government Areas in Cross River State]]
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