Ebonyi State

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Location
Ebonyi State State nickname: Salt of the Nation

Statistics
Governor (List)	Dr. Sam Egwu (PDP)
Date Created	1 October 1996
Capital	Abakaliki
Area	5,530 km² Ranked 33rd
Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate	Ranked N/A N/A 4,339,136
ISO 3166-2	NG-EB

[edit] Location and Overview

Ebonyi State is an inland south-eastern state of Nigeria, populated primarily by Igbos. Its capital and largest city is Abakaliki. Afikpo is the second largest city. Other major towns are EDDA, Onueke, Nkalagu, Uburu, Onicha, Ishiagu, Amasiri and Okposi. It is one of the six new states in Nigeria created in 1996; Ebonyi was created from the of old Abakaliki division of Enugu State and old Afikpo division of Abia State.

The state is led by Dr. Sam Egwu, who was elected State Governor in 1999.

Ebonyi is primarily an agricultural region. It is a leading producer of rice, yams, potatoes, maize, beans and cassava. Rice and Yams are predominantly cultivated in EDDA. Ebonyi also has several solid mineral resources, but little large-scale commercial mining. The state government has however given several incentives to investors in the agro-allied sector. Ebonyi is called "the salt of the nation" for its huge salt deposit at the Okposi and Uburu Salt Lakes.

[edit] Local Government Areas in Nigeria

Ebonyi is divided into 13 LGAs:

Abakaliki
Afikpo-North
Afikpo-South
Ebonyi Local Government Area
Ezza-North
Ezza-South
Ikwo
Ishielu
Ivo
Izzi
Ohaozara
Ohaukwu
Onicha

[edit] External links

Official Web Site of Ebonyi State

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