Amakọhia-Ubi is an autonomous community in the

Owerri Owerri ( , ) is the capital city of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of Igboland. It is also the state's largest city, followed by Orlu, Nigeria, Orlu, Okigwe and Ohaji/Egbema. Owerri consists of three Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Loc ...

West Local Government area of Imo State (1), Nigeria. The community is divided into four villages: Umunjam, Obiọkwu, Umuike, and Umuọka. Each of these villages, which later became towns, has between four and eight kindreds. Amakọhia-Ubi, originally, Amakọhia-Ubi was a village in the Umunwọha Ọfọ Ise (Children of Nwọha) community comprising Ohii, Amakohia-Ubi, Ndegwu, Orogwe, and Irete in order of seniority, until each of them was recognized as autonomous by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government. Each of these officially known as an autonomous community was granted the right to choose a traditional ruler according to government procedures establishing the autonomous community status. All of these communities and villages are located within Owerri-West local government area. Politically, Amakọhia-Ubi has 19 Polling units as accounted for by the

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during the 2023 election. These autonomous communities and villages are host to functioning health care facilities (NBS, 2007, , url=https://nairametrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DIRECTORY-OF-HEALTH-ESTABLISHMENT.pdf )

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{{Populated places of Imo State Populated places in Imo State