Ohaozara 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, ...
. It is made up of Ugwulangwu, Uburu and Okposi. The headquarters are in the town of Uburu.
It has an area of and a population of 148,626 as of the 2006 census.
The Ohaozara local government is made up of the Ohaozara people subgroup of Igbo people and they speak the Ohaozara dialect.
The current chairman is Chinonso Ajah.
The local government is under the Ohanivo Federal Constituency currently represented by Livinus Mbakwe. It's also under the
Ebonyi South Senetorial District being represented currently by Michael Ama Nnachi.
The postal code of the area is 491.
The 1976 to 1996 Ohaozara LGA (under Imo and Abia state) is today split into three area councils namely; Ohaozara local government,
Onicha local government and
Ivo local government of Ebonyi state. It's known as Old Ohaozara or commonly OHANIVO (acronyms of OHAozara, oNicha and IVO. The three local government areas now belong to one constituency called the Ohanivo Federal Constituency.
References
Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State
Populated places in Ebonyi State
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