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Encyclopedia > Ebonyi State
Ebonyi State
State nickname: Salt of the Nation
Location
Location of Ebonyi State in Nigeria
Statistics
Governor
(List)
Dr. Sam Egwu (PDP)
Date Created 1 October 1996
Capital Abakaliki
Area 5,530 km²
Ranked 33rd
Population
1991 Census
2005 estimate
Ranked 36th
N/A
1,739,136
ISO 3166-2 NG-EB

Ebonyi State is an inland south-eastern state of Nigeria, populated primarily by Igbos. It's capital and largest city is Abakaliki. Afikpo is the second largest city. Other major towns are Onueke, Nkalagu, Uburu, Onicha, Ishiagu, Amasiri and Okposi. It is one of the six new states in Nigeria created in 1996; Ebonyi was created from the of old Abakaliki division of Enugu State and old Afikpo division of Abia State. The following table presents a listing of Nigerian state nicknames. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1869x1658, 57 KB)one of the States of Nigeria File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... This is a list of Ebonyi State leaders: See also Nigeria States of Nigeria List of Nigerian state governors Category: Lists of Nigerian state governors ... Sam Ominyi Egwu (b. ... The Peoples Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias states and the dates of their creation. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The following is a list of Nigerian State capitals. ... Location of Abakaliki Abakaliki is the capital city of the present-day Ebonyi state in southeastern Nigeria. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their surface area. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their total population (based on 2005 population estimates). ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... The Igbo or Ibo are one of the largest ethnicities in Africa. ... Location of Abakaliki Abakaliki is the capital city of the present-day Ebonyi state in southeastern Nigeria. ... Afikpo is the second largest city in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. ... ONUEKE is the ancestral headquarters of Ezaa people, one of the most populous clans in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Enugu State is an inland state in southeastern Nigeria. ... Abia State, Nigeria, is a state in southeastern Nigeria. ...


The state is led by Dr. Sam Egwu, who was elected State Governor in 1999. Sam Ominyi Egwu (b. ...


Ebonyi is primarily an agricultural region. It is a leading producer of rice, yams, potatoes, maize, beans and cassava. Ebonyi also has several solid mineral resources, but little large-scale commercial mining. The state government has however given several incentives to investors in the agro-allied sector. Ebonyi is called "the salt of the nation" for its huge salt deposit at the Uburu Salt Lake. The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ...



 
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Recently, the state government in collaboration with UNICEF undertook to dig some 340 boreholes in the state, even as there are plans by the state government to construct two new water schemes to, as they say, better the lot of the people.
Ebonyi indigenes see this as testimony to the fact that the state was created to make history and that the struggle for its creation was not in vain.
Ebonyi indigenes do not lack anything people in other parts of the country have, be it social amenities or even such things as ambassadorial appointments, ministerial appointments and in all other appointments giving them a strong base to bargain in the struggle for development.
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