Calabar (also referred to as 'Canaan City') is a city in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. The original name for Calabar was Atakpa, from the Jukun language. City is watered by the Calabar River and Great Qua Rivers and creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta). Calabar is the capital of Cross River State and has an estimated population of 1.2 million residents.