Ede-Oballa is a suburban area of

Nsukka Nsukka is a town and a Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria. Nsukka shares a common border as a town with Edem, Opi (archaeological site), Ede-Oballa, and Obimo. The postal code of the area is 410001 and 410002 respectively referr ...

located south of the main town. Ede-Oballa is made up of three autonomous communities, Ede-Ukwu, Ede-Enu and Owerre Ede-Oballa with their traditional rulers. Each of the communities has villages and each of the villages is headed by a village head known as

Onyishi is a gerontocratic form of government in some parts of Igboland, Nigeria. It is also a common term or name normally taken as a surname or title by a person or persons whose father is the eldest in a village, or one who is the eldest in the town ...

. Ede-Oballa is located in

local government area. The town is bounded by

Opi (archaeological site) Opi is a community in Enugu State of South-Eastern Nigeria. It is populated by the Igbo people and located in Nsukka Nsukka is a town and a Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria. Nsukka shares a common border as a town with Edem, ...

, Eha-alumona,

Lejja Lejja is a community comprising 33 villages in Enugu State of South-Eastern Nigeria. It is populated by the Igbo people and located about 14 Kilometers from Nsukka. It is the location of a prehistoric archaeological site which contains iron smeltin ...

and

Nru Nsukka Nru Nsukka is a suburb located in Nsukka town. Nru Nsukka is one of the former old three autonomous communities: Mkpunanor, Nru and Ihe n'Owerre that made up the Nsukka urban area. Nru Nsukka having been upgraded to a suburban area was split into ...

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#https://www.igboguide.org/HT-maps.htm #https://web.archive.org/web/20161017122222/http://www.enugustate.gov.ng/about-enugustate/ Populated places in Enugu State {{enugu-geo-stub