Awka South'' Local Government Area (LGA) is made up of nine towns, namely,

Amawbia Amawbia is a town in Awka South Local Government of Anambra State, Nigeria. The town has six surviving villages: Umueze, Ngene, Adabebe, Umukabia, Ezimezi and Enu-oji. From time immemorial, Amawbia had been an autonomous community, managing its ow ...

Awka Awka () is the capital city of Anambra State, Nigeria. The city was declared capital on 21 August 1991, after the creation of Anambra and Enugu state, which moved the capital from Enugu to Awka (an administrative center since pre.-colonial times). ...

, Ezinato, Isiagu, Mbaukwu,

Nibo Nibo is a town in Awka South, Anambra State, Nigeria. There are four major villages that make up the town, they are in order of seniority; Ezeawulu, Umuanum, Ifite and Ezeoye. Nibo is a community of cooperative men and women that work jointly for ...

, Nise, Okpuno and

Umuawulu Umuawulu is a town in Awka South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State, Nigeria located at {{coord, 6, 09, 0, N, 7, 06, 0, E, source:enwiki-plaintext-parser, display=inline,title. The estimated population of Umuawulu by 2005 is 20,150. Acco ...

. There are three major streets that span this area, which are the Zik Avenue, Works Road and Arthur Eze Avenue. In the past, the people of Awka South LGA were well known for blacksmithing. Today they are respected among the Igbo people of Nigeria for their technical and business skills. Awka is a town in Awka south local government area. It is the seat of government and has a lot of prominent people both home and abroad. While

is home to the state house i.e. Governor's lodge and the State Prisons. Nise has notable infrastructures like WAEC (West African examination council) state head office and St. Paul University college situated there. Isiagu community is a town in Awka south local government area. It is one of the agricultural areas in the state with rich fertile soil for farming. It is believed to be one of the ancient towns in south eastern Nigeria (igbo land). Isiagu community have had two traditional rulers till date. The current traditional ruler is Igwe Augustine Nwankwo (igwe agu 1 of Isiagu). Isiagu has two primary schools and one secondary school. The community has a history of peaceful coinhibition and strong cultural heritage,Isiagu till today still maintains its culture and traditions.

Schools

Awka south local Government area is the location of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Here is the list of secondary schools in Awka South Local Government Area: * Bishop Crowther Seminary, Awka * Igwebuike Grammar Secondary School, Awka * St. John of God School, Awka * Girls Secondary School, Awka * Community Secondary School, Umuokpu * Capital City Secondary School, Awka * Kenneth Dike Memorial Secondary School, Awka * Ezi-Awka Community Secondary School, Awka * Community Secondary School, Okpuno * Nneoma * Community Secondary School, Nibo * Community Secondary School, Mbaukwu * Emeka Aghasili High School, Nise * Community Secondary School, Agulu-Awka * Community Secondary School, Amawbia * Union Secondary School, Umuawulu * Union Secondary School, Amawbia * Ezike High School, Nibo * Holy Cross High School, Umuawulu Mbaukwu * Community Secondary School, Isiagu * Krosa Model Schools, Amawbia *Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nibo is a town in Awka South,

Anambra State Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi St ...

, Nigeria. Its geographical coordinates are 6° 10' 0" North, 7° 4' 0" East.

References

Local Government Areas in Anambra State
dated July 21, 2007; accessed October 4, 2007 Local Government Areas in Anambra State Local Government Areas in Igboland {{Anambra-geo-stub