Igboland information

People	Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
Language	Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò
Country	Àlà Ị̀gbò

Igboland

*Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò*
Igboland Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò
Cultural region
	Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
	Nickname: The East
	Location of Igboland (dark green) – in Africa (green & dark grey); – in Nigeria (green)
Part of	Nigeria
- Founding of Nri	c. 900
- British Colony	1902
- Nigeria	1914
Largest City	Onitsha
Founded by	Proto-Igbo
Regional capital	Enugu
Composed of	States All or some parts of:; namely, Abia, Anambra, Delta State, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers State;
Government
• Type	Autonomous communities
Area
• Total	40,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2023 estimate)
• Total	45 million ~ (40 million 5 main states)
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Language	Igbo; English
• Religion	Syncretic Christianity (>90%); Odinani (5-10%)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
God	Chukwu
Alusi	Ala

Igboland (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò),^[3]^[4] also known as Southeastern Nigeria (but extends into South-Southern Nigeria), is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.^[5]^[6] It is a cultural and common linguistic region in southern Nigeria. Geographically, it is divided into two sections by the lower Niger River: an eastern (the larger of the two) and a western one.^[5] Its population is characterised by the diverse Igbo culture and the speakers of equally diverse Igbo languages.^[2]^[5]^[7]^: 307^[7]^: 315

Politically, Igboland is divided into several southern Nigerian states; culturally, it has included several subgroupings, including the Awka-Enugu-Nsukka, Anioma-Enuani, the Umueri-Aguleri-Anam groups, the Ngwa, the Orlu-Okigwe-Owerri communities, the Mbaise, the Ezza, Bende, the Ikwuano-Umuahia (these include Ohuhu, Ubakala, Oboro, Ibeku, etc.), the Ogba, the Omuma, the Abam-Aro-Ohafia (Abiriba and Nkporo), the Waawa, the Mbaise,the Ikwerre, the Ndoki, the Isu and the Ekpeye.

^ Cite error: The named reference area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Chigere, Nkem Hyginus (2000). Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Igboland: Igboland and The Igbo People of Nigeria. Transaction Publishers, USA. p. 17. ISBN 3-8258-4964-3. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
^ "Planting and watering the grass of Ala Igbo for a new era". 2 January 2020.
^ "Origin of Igbo tribe ☛ versions and myths". 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Slattery, Katharine. "The Igbo People - Origins & History". www.faculty.ucr.edu. School of English, Queen's University of Belfast. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
^ Baikie (1854) uses I´gbo as the term for Igboland: "I´gbo, as I have formerly mentioned, extends east and west, from the Old Kalabár river to the banks of the Kwóra, and possesses also some territory at Abó to the westward of the latter stream." (p. 307).
^ ^a ^b Baikie, William Balfour (1856). "Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the rivers of Kwora and Binue (commonly known as Niger and Tsádda) in 1854 with a map and appendices". ia600303.us.archive.org. John Mueray, Albemarle Street (published with a sanction of Her Majesty's Government). Retrieved April 24, 2016.

[area-1] Cite error: The named reference area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[https://books.google.com-2] Chigere, Nkem Hyginus (2000). Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Igboland: Igboland and The Igbo People of Nigeria. Transaction Publishers, USA. p. 17. ISBN 3-8258-4964-3. Retrieved January 17, 2016.

[3] "Planting and watering the grass of Ala Igbo for a new era". 2 January 2020.

[4] "Origin of Igbo tribe ☛ versions and myths". 12 February 2018.

[www.faculty.ucr.edu-5] Slattery, Katharine. "The Igbo People - Origins & History". www.faculty.ucr.edu. School of English, Queen's University of Belfast. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[6] Baikie (1854) uses I´gbo as the term for Igboland: "I´gbo, as I have formerly mentioned, extends east and west, from the Old Kalabár river to the banks of the Kwóra, and possesses also some territory at Abó to the westward of the latter stream." (p. 307).

[ia600303.us.archive.org-7] Baikie, William Balfour (1856). "Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the rivers of Kwora and Binue (commonly known as Niger and Tsádda) in 1854 with a map and appendices". ia600303.us.archive.org. John Mueray, Albemarle Street (published with a sanction of Her Majesty's Government). Retrieved April 24, 2016.

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Igboland Àlaịgbò/Ànaịgbò
Cultural region
Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
Nickname: The East
Location of Igboland (dark green) – in Africa (green & dark grey) – in Nigeria (green)
Part of	Nigeria
- Founding of Nri	c. 900
- British Colony	1902
- Nigeria	1914
Largest City	Onitsha
Founded by	Proto-Igbo
Regional capital	Enugu
Composed of	States All or some parts of: namely, Abia, Anambra, Delta State, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers State
Government
• Type	Autonomous communities
Area ^[1]
• Total	40,000 km² (16,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2023 estimate)^[2]^: 15
• Total	45 million ~ (40 million 5 main states)
• Density	400/km² (1,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Language	Igbo English
• Religion	Syncretic Christianity (>90%) Odinani (5-10%)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
God	Chukwu
Alusi	Ala