Ohaozara
Ohaozara | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Ebonyi State |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman | Chinonso Ajah |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Ohaozara is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is made up of Ugwulangwu, Uburu and Okposi. The headquarters are in the town of Uburu. It has an area of 312 km2 (120 sq mi) and a population of 148,626 as of the 2006 census.
The Ohaozara local government is made up of the Ohaozara people subgroup of Igbo people and they speak the Ohaozara dialect.
The current chairman is Chinonso Ajah.[1] The local government is under the Ohanivo Federal Constituency currently represented by Livinus Mbakwe. It's also under the Ebonyi South Senetorial District being represented currently by Michael Ama Nnachi.
The postal code of the area is 491.
The 1976 to 1996 Ohaozara LGA (under Imo and Abia state) is today split into three area councils namely; Ohaozara local government, Onicha local government and Ivo local government of Ebonyi state. It's known as Old Ohaozara or commonly OHANIVO (acronyms of OHAozara, oNicha and IVO. The three local government areas now belong to one constituency called the Ohanivo Federal Constituency.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Governor Nwifuru Commends Ohaozara LGA Chairman Amidst Challenges – Progressive News". Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
State capital: Abakaliki | ||
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