Ihechiowa
Ihechiowa is an Igbo-speaking district in Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia State. It is a community of people with a common history and ancestor.
Geography
Ihechiowa is one of the seven districts in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State; the other districts are Arochukwu, Amaeke Abam, Isu, Ohafor, Ovukwu and Ututu[1]
Ihechiowa is made up of two wards: Ikwun and Eloha[2] and has seventeen (17) communities listed in alphabetical order
- Agbor (the traditional headquarters),
- Achara (Echara),
- Amafia
- Amaetiti
- Amamin
- Atan
- Ebom Ofia
- Ebuoru
- Ndi okpo
- Nkporo
- Obinto
- Obichia
- Okpo
- Uburu
- Umuchiakuma
- Umuye
- Umuzomgbo
Ihechiowa shares borders on the north with Ohafia, on the northwest with Abam, on the east with Ukwa Ibom or Ukwa Mbiabong (Okwa Nkasi), in Cross River State, on the south with Ututu, and on the west with Makor (Obotme), in Akwa Ibom State. The clan lies within longitudes 70, 40, and 80 East, and latitude 50, 30 North. A conspicuous physical feature here is the range which extends from Udi in Enugu State through Okigwe, Ohafia, Ihechiowa, and Ututu, up to the Oban Hill in Cross River State and thence to the Cameroun mountains. This ridge runs across Ihechiowa territory from north to south, and divides the clan into two. But it makes no difference because the people are historically and culturally homogenous. Two rivers form the natural boundaries of Ihechiowa. One is the Uduma which forms the northwestern boundary of Ihechiowa and Abam. The other is the Iyi Ocha which separates Ihechiowa from Arochukwu in the southwest.
References
- ↑ "ZIP CODE". Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RA-LGA-ANALYSIS-NATIONWIDE.pdf
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