Igbo Eze South (or Igboeze South) is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Enugu State Enugu State ( ig, Ȯra Enugu) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the south, and Anambra State to the west. T ...

in South East,

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. Its headquarters are in the town of

Ibagwa-Aka Ibagwa-Aka is an Igbo community located North of the great University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It is the headquarters of Igbo Eze South Local Government of Enugu State, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naij� ...

(or Ibagwa-Eka). The present local government Chairman is Comrade Peter Andy. It has an area of 158 km and a population of 147,328 at the 2006 census. Ten towns make up Igbo-eze south Local. These are

Alor-Agu Alor-Agu is one of the ten communities in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. It is situated in the North of Itchi, North East of Unadu and South West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arra ...

Unadu Unadu is a community in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. It lies North West of Nsukka. Boundaries are formed by (Akpanya) Kogi state To the North, Enugu-Ezike, Itchi and Alor-Agu. Unadu plays host to Afor Mar ...

, Itchi, Nkalagu-Obukpa, Ibagwa Aka, Iheakpu -Awka, Uhunowerre, Ovoko-Ulo, Ovoko-Agu, and Iheaka. Agriculture and trade are the mains economic activities. Agro produce like Yams,

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, Cassava, Bambara Nuts, Palm Kernel, Cowpea, and Livestock are produced and traded at the markets. There are major Markets in Igbo-eze south, these include Orie Igbo-eze, Nkwo Ibagwa, Afor Unadu, Eke itchi. These markets mostly operate on a rotational basis representing the Four market days of traditional

Igbo Calendar The Igbo calendar () is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (''afo''), 7 weeks in a month (''onwa''), and 4 days of Igbo market days (afor, nkwo, eke, and orie) in a wee ...

- Eke, Orie, Afor, Nkwo. Climate The rainy season begins in March/April and lasts until October/November with annual rainfall varying from 1,400mm to 2,000mm An average annual temperature above 20 °C (68.0 °F) creates an annual relative humidity of 75%. With humidity reaching 90% in the rainy season. The dry season experiences two months of Harmattan from late December to late February. The hottest months are between January and March. The

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of the area is 413.

Language

All communities in Igbo-eze South speak the same Nsukka Dialect of the

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References

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