What is "oron"

Oron may refer to:

• Oron (state), one of the major states in the old Calabar Kingdom
• Oron District, Switzerland
• Oron, Vaud, Switzerland. Created in 2012 it includes the former municipalities of:
  • Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland
  • Oron-le-Châtel, Switzerland
• Oron, Moselle, France
• Oron, Akwa Ibom, a city and local government area in Akwa Ibom State
• Oron language, of Nigeria known as Oro
• Oron people, a people from Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria
• Oron, Israel, an industrial zone in Israel
• Lake Oron, Russia

Oron was one of the major states in the Akwa Akpa Kingdom of present-day Nigeria. Oron people share a close ancestral lineage to the Efik people in Cross River State; Ibono, Uruan, Eastern Obolo in Akwa Ibom State and the Andoni (Obolo) people in Rivers State. The Oron people (Örö) are a major ethnic group in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.