Onitsha

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Onitsha

Total population

1,080,000

Coordinates6.15°, 6.80°

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

Overview

Onitsha is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the western bank of the Niger River, form a continuous metropolitan area.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

E

Eric Ejiofor

Nigerian footballer

Austin Ejide

Nigerian footballer

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)

Francis Obikwelu

Nigerian-born Olympic sprinter who competed for Portugal

Rita Chikwelu

Nigerian footballer

Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi

Nigerian theologian and priest that was officially beatified by the Catholic church.

Ebele Okoye

Nigerian-born German painter and animator

I

Innocent Egbunike

Nigerian sprinter

Emeka Anyaoku

Nigerian chief and diplomat

Newton Aduaka

Nigerian filmmaker (born 1966)

L

Lewis Aniweta

footballer

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician and businessman (born 1961)

U

Uzo Egonu

British-Nigerian artist (1931–1996)

Alexander Animalu

Nigerian physicist

Ben Enwonwu

Nigerian artist (1921-1994)

M

Maureen Mmadu

association football player

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

Nearby places in Anambra

• Aguleri
  13.9 mi away
• Neni
  14.6 mi away
• Cortijos de Marín
  2197.7 mi away · pop. 3,066
• Retamar
  2197.9 mi away · pop. 10,062
• Las Norias de Daza
  2199.4 mi away · pop. 6,665
• Aguadulce
  2199.9 mi away · pop. 18,029
• La Gangosa
  2200.3 mi away · pop. 10,114
• Carboneras
  2201.1 mi away · pop. 7,096
• Balanegra
  2201.7 mi away · pop. 3,011
• Vícar
  2202.4 mi away · pop. 109
• Pechina
  2204.6 mi away · pop. 3,245
• Enix
  2204.7 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 Onitsha

World of arts exhibition

2001

Public perception of the role of Nigeria Police Force and civil society based security operatives in urban crime management in Nigeria

Emeka E. Obioha · 2004

Government white paper on the Report of the Administrative Board of Inquiry into the Onitsha Market Authority

Anambra State (Nigeria) · 1976

Government white paper on the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the lingering crisis in the Electronics Dealers' International Market Onitsha

Anambra State (Nigeria). Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the lingering crisis in the Electronics Dealers' International Market Onitsha · 2010

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

Johnson Bade Falade · 2009

Justice, sedition charge, conviction & acquittal of Arthur Nwankwo, author of How Jim Nwobodo rules Anambra State

Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo · 1986

Justice, sedition charge, conviction, imprisonment & acquittal of Chief Arthur Nwankwo, author of How Jim Nwobodo rules Anambra State

Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo · 1984

Partnerships and collaborations in public library communities

Karen Ellis · 2012

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