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Effium | |
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  Effium Location in Nigeria | |
| Coordinates: 6°38′N8°04′E / 6.633°N 8.067°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Ebonyi State |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Effium is the largest autonomous Igbo community in Ebonyi State of southeast region, Nigeria. Effium is located in the Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State. The indigenous people are known as Effium.
The major occupation in Effium is agriculture. The major agricultural produce include: yam, cassava, rice, groundnut, palm oil and timbers.
Effium community has other minor communities known as okporo,Okpodum, okpere,ivweda,Ebia,Watuma,Ogbagere,ikachi,ohage,enweminyi,ubegu,okpudu,Uffiacha, Ibilifu, Ikachi, Lebadọgọm communities.
The first tribe that settled in Effium were the Effium people then they accomdated the Ezza followed by Arochukwu, Amuda and others.
Effium as a community has common cultures that has been passed down by the ancestors of Effium which includes: New yam festival Jioha,Kija S'etuo. Other cultural ceremonies include Vwujojo,Vwugba.
Effium shares common boundaries with Izzi, Ngbo, Uli and Igumale.
It has a very large market popularly known as Effium main market among many others where agricultural commodities are purchased in large quantities and transported to other parts of the country and for export. It is one of the largest markets in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Other markets in Effium include Inikiri Udeno market and Inikiri ichari market.
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