Southeast Nigeria
Also known as Igboland
Igbo land (Standard ) is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. Geographically, it is divided into two sections, eastern (the larger of the two) and western. Its population is characterized by the diverse Igbo culture.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Igboland
- Settlement.official_name
- Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
- Settlement.other_name
- Republic of Igboland
- Settlement.native_name
- Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò
- Settlement.nickname
- The East
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Cultural region
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Flag_of_Biafra.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75px
- Settlement.image_map
- Igbo_Community_in_Nigeria_and_Africa.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Part of
- Settlement.established_title
- - Founding of Nri
- Settlement.established_date
- c. 900
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Territorial boundaries
- Geography and biodiversity
- Ancient trade routes
- History
- Stone Age
- Igbo-Ukwu finds (AD 300–900)
- Kingdom of Nri (900–c. 1560)
- Igbo wars and European contact (1450–1750)
- Arochukwu and the slave trade (1750–1850)
- Colonial era (1850–1960)
- Nigerian independence and Civil War (1960s)
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Igbo land (Standard ) is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. Geographically, it is divided into two sections, eastern (the larger of the two) and western. Its population is characterized by the diverse Igbo culture.
Politically, Igboland is divided into several southern Nigerian states; culturally, it has included several subgroupings, including the Awka-Enugu-Nsukka, Anioma-Enuani, the Umueri-Aguleri-Anam groups, the Ngwa, the Orlu-Okigwe-Owerri communities, the Mbaise, the Ezza, Bende, the Ikwuano-Umuahia (these include Ohuhu, Ubakala, Oboro, Ibeku, etc.), the Omuma, the Abam-Aro-Ohafia (Abiriba and Nkporo), the Waawa, the Ndoki, the Etche, the Ekpeye, and the Ogba.