Ezza North
Ezza North | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Ebonyi State |
| Government | |
| • Member of House of Representatives | Anayo Edwin Nwonu |
| • Member of State House of Assembly | Nwobashi Joseph |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Ezza North is a local government area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is at Ebiaji town. It has an area of 305 km2 and a population of 145,619 at the 2006 census.
It is a predominantly Igbo town inhabited by the Ezza and the Orring people of Idzem (Amuda) and Okpolo (Okpomoro) extraction.[1]
The postal code of the area is 482.[2]
History
Ezza North was created in 1996 alongside other LGAs in the then new Ebonyi State. It used to be part of old Ezza Local Government Area before its creation.
External links
- List of Districts of Ezza North: "Postal ZIP code of Ezza North, Nigeria". GeoPostCodes Database. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
References
- ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The peoples of Africa : an ethnohistorical dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-27918-7. OCLC 32968738.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
State capital: Abakaliki | ||
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