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Ika
Nickname: 
(Ika-annang)
Country Nigeria
StateAkwa Ibom State
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Websitewww.annangheritage.org

Ika (Ika-Annang) is a Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The headquarters of the Ika local government area is Urua Inyang.

Ika is one of the eight Annang local government areas of the present thirty-one local government areas in Akwa Ibom State. Ika local government area of Annang people Annang or Ika people (Ika-Annang) were formerly in the old Abak which was subdivided into other local governments resulting in five new local government areas, namely Abak, Oruk-Anam, Etim-Ekpo, Ukanafun and Ika local government areas.

The language of the Ika people of Akwa Ibom State is an Annang dialect of the Annang people.