Igboland
Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò | |
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| Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò | |
| Nickname: The East | |
 Complete Map of Igboland | |
| Part of |  Nigeria |
| - Founding of Nri | c. 900 |
| - British Colony | 1902 |
| - Nigeria | 1914 |
| Largest City | Onitsha |
| Founded by | Proto-Igbo |
| Regional capital | Enugu |
| Composed of |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous communities |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 30 million ~ (22 million 5 main states) |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Language | Igbo English |
| • Religion | Syncretic Christianity (>90%) Odinani (5-10%) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| God | Chukwu |
| Alusi | Ala |
| People | Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò |
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| Language | Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò |
| Country | Àlà Ị̀gbò |
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Igbo land (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò),[4][5] east is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.[6][7] It is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria. Geographically, it is divided into two sections by the: an eastern (the larger of the two) and western.[6]Its population is characterized by the diverse Igbo culture[3][6][8]: 307 [8]: 315
Politically, Igboland is divided into several southern Nigerian states; culturally, it has included several subgroupings, including the Awka-Enugu-Nsukka, Anioma-Enuani, the Umueri-Aguleri-Anam groups, the Ngwa, the Orlu-Okigwe-Owerri communities, the Mbaise, the Ezza, Bende, the Ikwuano-Umuahia (these include Ohuhu, Ubakala, Oboro, Ibeku, etc.), the Ogba, the Omuma, the Abam-Aro-Ohafia (Abiriba and Nkporo), the Waawa, the Mbaise,the Ikwerre, the Ndoki, the Isu and the Ekpeye.
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areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sare, Watimagbo (2020). "2020 population of South Eastern Nigeria". researchgate.net. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ a b Chigere, Nkem Hyginus (2000). Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Iboland: Iboland and The Ibo People of Nigeria. Transaction Publishers, USA. p. 17. ISBN 3-8258-4964-3. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ "Planting and watering the grass of Ala Ibo for a new era". 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Origin of Ibo tribe ☛ versions and myths". 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Slattery, Katharine. "The Ibo People - Origins & History". www.faculty.ucr.edu. School of English, Queen's University of Belfast. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ Baikie (1854) uses Ibo is the term for Iboland: "Ibo, as I have formerly mentioned, started and stoped at the eastern part of Nigeria." (p. 307).
- ^ a b Baikie, William Balfour (1856). "Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the rivers of Kwora and Binue (commonly known as Niger and Tsádda) in 1854 with a map and appendices". ia600303.us.archive.org. John Mueray, Albemarle Street (published with a sanction of Her Majesty's Government). Retrieved April 24, 2016.