Afikpo
Sign in to saveEhugbo often referred to as Afikpo, is the second largest urban area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Afikpo North Local Government Area.
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- Locality
- Afikpo
- Region
- Ebonyi
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 71,866
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
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- human settlement
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Ebonyi State
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Ehugbo often referred to as Afikpo, is the second largest urban area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Afikpo North Local Government Area.
It is situated in the southern part of Ebonyi State and is bordered to the north by the town of Akpoha, to the south by Unwana, to the south west by Edda LGA, to the east by the Cross River State and to the west by Amasiri town. Afikpo spans an area approximately . It is located on 6 degrees north latitude and 8 degrees east longitude. Afikpo is a hilly area despite occupying a region low in altitude, which rises above sea level. It is a transitional area between open grassland and tropical forest and has an average annual rainfall of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afikpo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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