Onicha

Onicha
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Ebonyi State
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Overview

Onicha is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It's 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 (including Mganeze and Amanato) and Onicha-Igboeze).

It has an area of 476 km² and has a population of 236,828 according to the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 491.^[1][2]

History

It was created in 1996 from the then-Ohaozara local government under the administration of General Sani Abacha while creating the state of Ebonyi.

References

1. "Climate Change Onicha". meteoblue. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NipostT. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.