Anaocha is a
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
in
Anambra
Anambra () is a state in Nigeria. It is located in the South-eastern region of the country. The state was created on 27 August 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State and Rivers State to the south, Enugu State to ...
State, south-eastern
Nigeria
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. Towns that make up the local government are
Aguluzigbo,
Agulu,
Neni, Ichida, Adazi-Ani, Adazi-Enu, Adazi-Nnukwu, Akwaeze,
Nri, Obeledu, with it’s headquarters at Neni. Anaocha falls under the
Anambra North senatorial district in Anambra state. As at the 2006 census, this LGA has a total population of 284,215 people.
Economy
The
agricultural
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
industry of Anaocha LGA is thriving, with significant amounts of crops including
cocoyam
Cocoyam is a common name for more than one tropical root crop and vegetable crop belonging to the Arum family (also known as Aroids and by the family name ''Araceae'') and may refer to:
* Taro (''Colocasia esculenta'') – old cocoyam
* Mala ...
,
yam, and
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
being farmed there. Another significant
economic
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activity in the Anaocha LGA is the processing of wood. The locals also participate in
fishing
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and
commerce
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, and well-known markets like the Eke market in Adazi-Ani, Afor market in
Agulu and the Nkwor market in Adazi-Enu help to support the local government area's economy.
Geography
Anaocha LGA's average
temperature
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is thought to be 27.5 °C, with a
humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, dew, or fog t ...
of 79 percent. The
region
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has two significant
season
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperat ...
s: the
dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...
, which runs from November to March, and the
rainy season
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Rainy Season may also refer to:
* ''Rainy Season'' (short story), a 1989 short horror story by Stephen King
* "Rainy Season", a 2018 song by Monni
* '' ...
, which lasts from April to October.
Schools
Here is the list of secondary schools in Anaocha Local Government Area:
* Girls High School, Agulu
* Flora A.M.C.S.S. Neni
* Loretto Secondary School, Adazi
* Community Secondary School, Obeledu
* Community Secondary School, Ichida
* Community High School, Aguluzigbo
* Bubendorff Memorial Grammar School, Adazi Nnukwu
* Community Secondary School, Agulu
* Ojiako Memorial Grammar School, Adazi Ani
* Union Secondary School, Agulu
* Community Secondary School, Adazi
* Community High School, Akwaeze
* Grammar School, Agulu
* Lake City Secondary School, Nri
* Girls Secondary School, Adazi-Nnukwu
* Regal Secondary School, Nri ,
Notable people
*
Emeka Nwokedi – conductor and music director
*
Peter Obi - Former Governor of Anambra state
*
Basil Ezeanolue - Professor of
Otorhinolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...
,
References
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ANAMBRA STATEdated 21 July 2007; accessed 4 October 2007
Local Government Areas in Anambra State
Local Government Areas in Igboland
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