Ezza North
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Ezza North is a local government area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is at Ebiaji town. It has an area of 305 km{{sup|2}} and a population of 145,619 at the 2006 census.
It is a predominantly Igbo town inhabited by the Ezza and the Orring people of Idzem (Amuda) and Okpolo (Okpomoro) extraction.{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=James Stuart |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32968738 |title=The peoples of Africa : an ethnohistorical dictionary |date=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=0-313-27918-7 |location=Westport, Conn. |oclc=32968738}}
The postal code of the area is 482.{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126042849/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/postcode.aspx | archivedate = 2012-11-26}}
History
Ezza North was created in 1996 alongside other LGAs in the then new Ebonyi State. It used to be part of old Ezza Local Government Area before its creation.
External links
- List of Districts of Ezza North: {{cite web | title = Postal ZIP code of Ezza North, Nigeria | publisher = GeoPostCodes Database | url = http://www.geopostcodes.com/Ezza_North | accessdate = 2014-05-22 }}
References
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{{LGAs and communities of Ebonyi State}}
Category:Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State
Category:Populated places in Ebonyi State
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