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Onicha
Sign in to saveOnicha is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is made up of the following towns; Oshiri, Onicha-Igboeze, Abaomege, Ukawu, Isu and Isinkwo. The headquarters is located in the town of Isu. The area council derived its name from the town of Onicha-Igboeze.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Onicha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ebonyi State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Capital
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local government chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ogbofia Ikechukwu
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.postal_code
- 491
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 236609
- Area
- 476
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- Climate and geography
- Economy
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Onicha is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is made up of the following towns; Oshiri, Onicha-Igboeze, Abaomege, Ukawu, Isu and Isinkwo. The headquarters is located in the town of Isu. The area council derived its name from the town of Onicha-Igboeze.
The local government is made up two subgroups of Igbo people; Ezza people (Ukawu, Abaomega and Isinkwo) and Ohaozara people (Oshiri, Isu and Onicha-Igboeze). It was created in 1991 from the Ohaozara Local Government while creating Abia state. It has an area of 476 km2 and has a population of 236,828 according to the 2006 census. The chairman is Hon. Ogbofia Ikechukwu The postal code of the area is 491. ==Climate and geography== The climate of Onicha is savanna, or tropical wet and dry. The district's yearly temperature is 28.58 °C and it is -0.88% lower than Nigeria's norms. There are 204.98 wet days and 201.58 millimeters of precipitation in Ndiagu-Onicha each year.