Arochukwu
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Arochukwu Local Government Area, sometimes referred to as Arochuku or Aro Oke Igbo is the third largest local government area in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria and homeland of the Igbo subgroup, Aro people. Arochukwu is in the Abia North senatorial district of Abia State, Nigeria.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Arochukwu
- Settlement.other_name
- Aro Oke Igbo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local Government Area
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Arochukwu in Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Abia State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Composition
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 5 clans
- Settlement.government_type
- Monarchy (One of the few Igbo kingdoms in Nigeria, which practices the monarchical system of government) leader_title = Eze Aro
- Settlement.leader_name
- Eberechukwu Oji
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 524
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 169,339
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Abia State
- Population
- 170206
- Area
- 524
- Capital of
- Aro Confederacy
- Headquarters
- Arochukwu
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Arochukwu Local Government Area, sometimes referred to as Arochuku or Aro Oke Igbo is the third largest local government area in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria and homeland of the Igbo subgroup, Aro people. Arochukwu is in the Abia North senatorial district of Abia State, Nigeria.
It is composed of five clans namely Abam, Aro, Ihechiowa, Ututu and Isu. Arochukwu is a principal historic town in Igbo land. It was also one of the cities in the Southern protectorate targeted by the British colonial government. Several historic tourist sites exist in the city. The mystic Ibini Ukpabi shrine, the slave routes and other relics of the slave trade era are frequently visited by tourists. It is also in the food belt of Abia state where most of the staple foods are produced.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arochukwu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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