Amandugba (or Amanduba) is a town in the
Isu Local Government Area in
Imo State
Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its n ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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The community is inhabited by
Isu people
The Isu people are a subgroup of the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria.
In the pre-colonial era, the Igbo people were protected from external invasion by the dense forests of the region, which also had the effect of encouraging diversity. Thus as wa ...
, a subgroup of the
Igbo people
The Igbo people ( , ; also spelled Ibo" and formerly also ''Iboe'', ''Ebo'', ''Eboe'',
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* ''Eboans'', ''Heebo'';
natively ) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. A ...
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In Amauzari tradition, the town is named after Ndugba, child of
Mbama Onyeukwu
Mbaama (''Lembaamba'') is a Bantu language spoken in the Bambama District ( Lekoumou Region) of the Republic of Congo and in Haut-Ogooué Province, south of Okondja, in Gabon by the Obamba people.
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As of September 2010, the traditional ruler of Amandugba was Eze Innocent Ikejiofor.
The community has four primary schools and one secondary technical school.
Amandugba and neighboring
Umundugba
Umundugba is a town in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, and is the headquarters of Isu LGA.
Location
Umundugba has been in existence since the 16th century. It is made up of nine autonomous communities. Most of the inhabitants ar ...
used to be one town.
Both communities have suffered from an unreliable water supply from streams and brooks that often dry up, and that are breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes and sources of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, guinea worm, tape worm, and night blindness. A recent project by ''Africa We Care'', a charity, has started to develop a supply based on a bore-hole.
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Towns in Imo State