Onicha

Onicha
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Ebonyi State
Government
• Local government chairman	Ogbofia Ikechukwu
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Onicha is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is made up of the following towns; Oshiri, Onicha-Igboeze, Abaomege, Ukawu, Isu and Isinkwo. The headquarters is located in the town of Isu. The area council derived its name from the town of Onicha-Igboeze.

The local government is made up two subgroups of Igbo people; Ezza people (Ukawu, Abaomega and Isinkwo) and Ohaozara people (Oshiri, Isu and Onicha-Igboeze). It was created in 1991 from the Ohaozara Local Government while creating Abia state. It has an area of 476 km² and has a population of 236,828 according to the 2006 census. The chairman is Hon. Ogbofia Ikechukwu The postal code of the area is 491. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Climate Change Onicha". meteoblue. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NipostT. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.