Ishielu 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 ...
of
Ebonyi State
Ebonyi () is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and southeast, and Abia Stat ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. Its headquarters are in the town of Ezillo.
It has an area of 872 km and a population of 151,048 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...
of the area is 481.
Ishielu LGA is made up of communities often referred to as Orring-Agba and Igbo-Esa people. The Communities are:
# Nkalaha
#
Ntezi
#
Okpoto
# Ohofia-Agba
# Agba
# Ezza-agu
# Ezillo
# Umuhali
# Obeagu
# Nkalagu
# Amaezu
# Iyonu
References
Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State
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