Onicha

Onicha
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Ebonyi State
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 (including Mganeze and Amanato) and Onicha-Igboeze).

It has an area of 476 km² and has a population of 236,828 according to the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 491. ^{[1] [2]}

History

It was created in 1996 from the Ohaozara Local Government under the administration of General Sani Abacha while he was creating the State of Ebonyi.

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.