Ibeno is located in the south of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Ibeno lies in the Mangrove Forest Belt of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, bounded to the west by Eastern Obolo Local Government Area, to the north by Onna, Esit Eket and Eket, and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean.

[2] Ibeno Local Government is the host of Exxonmobil Unlimited, now Seplat[1] Ibeno Local Government Area is located at the south end of Akwa Ibom State, occupying a vast coastal area of over 1,200 km2.

Ibeno occupies the largest Atlantic coastline, more than 129 km, in Akwa Ibom State.

The people have many age-long traditional institutions like Ekpe, Obon, Uke, Ekong, Akata, Eka-Ebitu, Umom Isong, Oluo, Ikini and the age-grade system (Nka) which is highly recognized and practiced in Ibeno.