Nnewi

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Nnewi

Total population

900,000

Coordinates6.02°, 6.92°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Nigeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nnewi is a commercial and industrial city in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria. It is the second largest city in Anambra state after Onitsha. Nnewi as a metropolitan area has two local government area, which are Nnewi North and Nnewi South, all centred around the Nnewi town. Even Ekwusigo local government area is now part of Nnewi urban area, as urbanization continues to spread from Nnewi to neighbouring communities. Nnewi town which is the only town in Nnewi North, comprises four villages: Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewichi. Nnewi had been the centre of economics and commerce, being at a time the fastest growing industrial city east of the Niger, being the home of many industries such as The Ibeto Group, the Chicason Group, and Cutix Cables. The first indigenous car manufacturing plant in Nigeria is located in the city while the first wholly Made-in-Nigeria motorcycle, the 'NASENI M1' was manufactured in Nnewi.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Christopher Okigbo

Nigerian poet (1930–1967)

V

Virginia Etiaba

Nigerian politician

C

Cletus Ibeto

Nigerian businessman

Daniel Akpeyi

Nigerian association football player

H

Hope O. Uzodimma

Nigeria author and politician

L

Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu

Nigerian businessman

Nwafor Orizu

Nigerian politician

P

P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu

Nigerian politician

S

Stanley Udenkwor

Polish footballer

E

Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke

Nigerian civil engineer

E

Eze Ukwu

obi of Otolo

Olisa Metuh

National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, Nigeria

I

Igwe Okafo

obi of Otolo

Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah

Nigerian business magnate, politician

I

Innocent Chukwuma

Nigerian business magnate

K

Kingsley Agbodike

association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Anambra

• Neni
  7.4 mi away
• Aguleri
  21.8 mi away
• Cortijos de Marín
  2208.2 mi away · pop. 3,066
• Retamar
  2208.3 mi away · pop. 10,062
• Las Norias de Daza
  2209.9 mi away · pop. 6,665
• Aguadulce
  2210.4 mi away · pop. 18,029
• La Gangosa
  2210.7 mi away · pop. 10,114
• Carboneras
  2211.4 mi away · pop. 7,096
• Balanegra
  2212.2 mi away · pop. 3,011
• Vícar
  2212.9 mi away · pop. 109
• Pechina
  2215 mi away · pop. 3,245
• Enix
  2215.2 mi away · pop. 389

Browse all places in Anambra →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Nnewi

Government white paper on the report of Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Nnewi Main Market crisis and Nkwo Nnewi Triangle, Nnewi

Anambra State (Nigeria). Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Nnewi Main Market crisis and Nkwo Nnewi Triangle, Nnewi. · 1998

2007 Synod report of the proceedings of the third session of the fourt[h] Synod held at Immanuel Anglican Church, Ekwulumili, Nnwi South Local Government Area, Anambra State

Church of the Province of Nigeria. Diocese of Nnewi. · 2007

Nwafor Orizu arbitration report on Nwosu Nwakanwa Enem family dispute in Otolo Nnewi

Orizu, Nwafor Sir · 1991

Executive summary of structure plans for Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi, and environs, 2009-2027

Johnson Bade Falade · 2009

Structure plan for [name of city] and satellite towns

United Nations Human Settlements Programme · 2009

AJO ENYI

2015

THE CURSE OF A WIDOW

2013

IKEM'S ADVENTURE

2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Alligatorback Scorpion

Hottentotta hottentotta

Seen 2025-04-05

Red Hibiscus

Hibiscus × archeri

Seen 2024-11-20

Eudaemonia argus

Eudaemonia argus

Seen 2014-12-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Nnewi, sourced from Wikidata.

• Ofala Festival

  festival

  annual ceremony practiced by the Igbo people

Source: Wikidata (CC0).