Akiyi

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Akiyi
Autonomous Town
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Akiyi
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°30′22″N7°06′01″E / 6.50611°N 7.10028°E / 6.50611; 7.10028 Coordinates: 6°30′22″N7°06′01″E / 6.50611°N 7.10028°E / 6.50611; 7.10028
Country Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Enugu State
LGA Uzo-Uwani
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Postal code
411111
Climate Aw

Akiyi is an autonomous community in Umulokpa, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area (LGA), Enugu State, Nigeria. It has Seven (7) villages namely: Enugwu, Enugwu-Uwani, Imama, Nkwelle, Ukpali, Uwani and Uwenu. [1] [2]

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Religion

Christianity, Odinana and neutralist.

Church

The churches in Akiyi are namely:

Culture

Akiyi shares cultural traits with its neighbouring communities which are consistent with general Igbo culture. Other festivals include; the New yam festival, the Amaji festival and the Ibone (Mmanwu) festival which is held between July and September of every year. The Royal Highness of Akiyi-Umulokpa is Chief Engr. Vincent I.A. Ekwedigwe; The Igwe Ijagwo.

Age grade system

Akiyi practices Republican method of governance in which power is devolved to age grades. Each age grade consists of people within three years age bracket.

Notable people

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References

  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. "Akiyi-Umulokpa, Nigeria - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Geographic.org. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2017-05-27.