Igboland

Igboland
Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò
Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
Nickname: 
The East
Complete Map of Igboland
Complete Map of Igboland
Part of Nigeria
- Founding of Nric. 900
- British Colony1902
- Nigeria1914
Largest CityOnitsha
Founded byProto-Igbo
Regional capitalEnugu
Composed of
Government
 • TypeAutonomous communities
Area
 • Total40,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 estimate)[2][3]: 15 
 • Total30 million ~ (22 million 5 main states)
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • LanguageIgbo
English
 • ReligionSyncretic Christianity (>90%)
Odinani (5-10%)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
GodChukwu
AlusiAla
PeopleṆ́dị́ Ìgbò
LanguageÁsụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò
CountryÀlà Ị̀gbò

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sare, Watimagbo (2020). "2020 population of South Eastern Nigeria". researchgate.net. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Planting and watering the grass of Ala Ibo for a new era". 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Origin of Ibo tribe ☛ versions and myths". 12 February 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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.

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