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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/200px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/300px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/400px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:90.1%;left:38.846%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Etche"><img alt="Etche" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Etche</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Etche shown within Nigeria</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Etche&params=4.99_N_7.05_E_region:NG_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°59′N</span> <span class="longitude">7°03′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.99°N 7.05°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">4.99; 7.05</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Local Government Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Obinna Anyanwu (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Deputy Local Government Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Gladys Onyekachi Nweke (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Local Government Council</th><td class="infobox-data">Ward 1: Daniel Amadi (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 2: Cynthia Nwala (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 3: Martins Onyekachi Anderson (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 4: Faith N. Amadi (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 5: Princewill Heshiulor Ahunanya (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 6: Choko Chibuike (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 7: Rosemary Ezeigbo (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 8: Nwachukwu Promise (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 9: Egbegbu Uzondu (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 10: Nwabeke Chigozie (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 11: Nwankwo Gift (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 12: Ugochukwu Nwankwo (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 13: Iheanyichukwu Kingsley (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 14: Bestman Azuonwu (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 15: Loveday Emmanuel (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 16: Nkwocha Janet Nwaugo (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 17: Chika Anokwuru (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 18: ThankGod Egbule (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)<br />Ward 19: Amaechi Ihuoma (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">16,347,829</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etche_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Etche language (page does not exist)">Etche Language</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_b1c8f0dd90b2ee34a48ae212872681a11a2f19cf"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Etche&revid=1281169449&groups=_b1c8f0dd90b2ee34a48ae212872681a11a2f19cf" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Etche&revid=1281169449&groups=_b1c8f0dd90b2ee34a48ae212872681a11a2f19cf 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Etche</a> ethnicity</b> are indigenous <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers people</a> found in the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta" title="Niger Delta">Niger Delta</a> region of Nigeria. Presently, its people make up Etche and <a href="/wiki/Omuma_Local_Government" title="Omuma Local Government">Omuma</a>, two of the 23 Local Government Areas of <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are part of the 13 federal constituencies representing River State in <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nigeria)" title="National Assembly (Nigeria)">Nigeria's National Assembly</a> and part of the Rivers East Senatorial District.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Its people are mostly farmers, and they speak the Etche language.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Okehi is the LGA Council Headquarters and political capital of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Etche</a>, while Eberi is the political capital of <a href="/wiki/Omuma_Local_Government" title="Omuma Local Government">Omuma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are 19 political wards in Etche and 10 in <a href="/wiki/Omuma_Local_Government" title="Omuma Local Government">Omuma local government</a> areas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several communities and towns in Etche, some of which include: Akwu/Obuor, Eberi, Amaji, Opiro, <a href="/wiki/Chokocho" title="Chokocho">Chokocho</a>, Umuakuru, Igboh, Egwi, Afara, <a href="/wiki/Mba" class="mw-redirect" title="Mba">Mba</a>, Igbodo, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ofeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ofeh (page does not exist)">Ofeh</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohimogho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ohimogho (page does not exist)">Ohimogho</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Obiohia,_Umuogba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Obiohia, Umuogba (page does not exist)">Obiohia, Umuogba</a>, Umuajuloke Okehi, Obibi, Ozuzu, Isu, Odufor, Nihi, Okomoko, Ulakwo Umuselem, Umuakonu, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Umuanyagu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Umuanyagu (page does not exist)">Umuanyagu</a>, Okoroagu, Obite, Umuoye, Igboh, Umuechem, Egbeke, Ndashi, Akwa, Akwukabi, Elelem, Owu, Umuaturu, Ogida, Aloma, Odagwa, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etche&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Umuechem in Etche is one of the oil producing communities in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> since the beginning of exploration in the area in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-admin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, Etche has over 250 producing oil wells and a host 3 of flow stations.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also said to have the largest deposit of <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>, south of the <a href="/wiki/Niger_River" title="Niger River">Niger river</a>. The people of Etche are mostly engaged in <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, earning the nickname 'the food basket of the state<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>'. Etche is one of the host communities of the government-owned multi-billion <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_naira" title="Nigerian naira">naira</a> <a href="/wiki/Palm_oil" title="Palm oil">palm oil</a> production company <a href="/w/index.php?title=Risonpalm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Risonpalm (page does not exist)">Risonpalm</a>, as well as Delta <a href="/wiki/Natural_rubber" title="Natural rubber">Rubber</a> Production Company. In recent times, <a href="/wiki/Real_estate" title="Real estate">real estate</a> development has grown in the area with rapid expansion going on in Igboh-Agwuruasa, Ulakwo-Umuselem, and Okehi Clans.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cassava, plantain, banana and yam are important crops. Agricultural plantation<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (notably Rubber, <a href="/wiki/Palm_oil" title="Palm oil">palm oil</a>, pineapple, and plantain) was encouraged by the then <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Nigeria">Eastern Regional government of Nigeria</a>, but this has since lost steam. Agriculture is mostly not mechanized and the use of tractors for farming these crops has dropped slightly in the 1986–2004 period.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shell_Nigeria" title="Shell Nigeria">Shell Petroleum Development Company</a>, the dominant oil operator in the area since the late 1950s, has only funded a largely ineffective and inefficient cassava processing mill at Umuebulu, and in 2000 it attempted albeit abysmally to provide training to local women in operation and management of the mill.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palm oil production by smallholders is a significant part of the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_unrest">Political unrest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etche&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political unrest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1990, a demonstration was held in Umuechem, Etche to demand social amenities and compensation for oil pollution. State security agents reacted with tear gas and gunfire. 50 people died and about 550 houses were destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-admin_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The April 2003 national elections were marked by serious violence and intimidation in the Etche LGA, seriously compromising the free voters' process.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2007 report, <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> said that "in recent years Etche has earned a degree of unwelcome notoriety due to allegations of corruption, thuggery, and murder leveled against politicians and public office holders from the area<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>." The report stated that health and education facilities were in an advanced state of physical decay, with funds allocated for staffing and renovation being diverted for other purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2009, the Etche legislative council impeached three of their members for "irrational and unconscionable behaviour, gross misconduct, misappropriation of legislative funds and abuse of office."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A training camp for ex-militants was established in Okehi in Etche LGA, teaching skills such as welding and fabrication, fitting, seafaring/marine, business and commerce and so on. In October 2009, 200 of the students demanded their allowances, threatening to return to the creeks to cause havoc if unpaid.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_developments">Recent developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etche&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2009, a Marriage Registration Centre was opened in the LGA.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta_Development_Commission" title="Niger Delta Development Commission">Niger Delta Development Commission</a> opened a free medical mission in Omuma Local Government Council.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etche&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Climate of Etche is typical of the tropical rainforest; with rainfall between 160–236 cm annually. Wet season usually last for 9 months (March–November) with short dry season from December–February. Temperature ranges between 24 °C and 38 °C, with high humidities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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anti-Igbo pogrom">1966 anti-Igbo pogrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian-Biafran War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Subgroups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anioma_people" title="Anioma people">Anioma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aro_people" title="Aro people">Aro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edda_people" title="Edda people">Edda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekpeye_people" title="Ekpeye people">Ekpeye</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Etche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezaa_people" title="Ezaa people">Ezaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ika_people" title="Ika people">Ika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikwerre_people" title="Ikwerre people">Ikwerre</a></li> <li><a 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style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Igbo_sentiment" title="Anti-Igbo sentiment">Anti-Igbo sentiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_the_Actualization_of_the_Sovereign_State_of_Biafra" title="Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra">MASSOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nigeria" title="Politics of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohanaeze_Ndigbo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohanaeze Ndigbo">Ohanaeze Ndigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Nri" title="List of rulers of Nri">Rulers of Nri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Geography<br />(<a href="/wiki/Igboland" title="Igboland">Igboland</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayelsa_State" title="Bayelsa State">Bayelsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enugu_State" title="Enugu State">Enugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Odinala" title="Odinala">Odinala</a> (religion)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Language</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Language</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Igboid_languages" title="Igboid languages">Igboid</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Igbo_names" title="Category:Igbo names">Names</a> - <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Promoting_Igbo_Language_and_Culture" title="Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture">SPILC</a></li></ul> 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