Ebonyi State, Nigeria Genealogy

Nigeria Ebonyi State

Guide to Ebonyi State, Nigeria ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Information
Ebonyi State is a mainland south-eastern state of Nigeria, populated primarily by Igbos (95% of population). Its capital and largest city is Abakaliki. Afikpo is the second largest city. It is one of the six new states in Nigeria created in 1996; Ebonyi was created from the of old Abakaliki division of Enugu State and old Afikpo division of Abia State.

There are five first languages spoken in Ebonyi: Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo, Kukele, Legbo, Mbembe, and Oring.

Local Government Areas

 * Abakaliki, Nigeria
 * Afikpo North, Nigeria
 * Afikpo South, Nigeria
 * Ebonyi, Nigeria
 * Ezza North, Nigeria
 * Ezza South, Nigeria
 * Ikwo, Nigeria
 * Ishielu, Nigeria
 * Ivo, Nigeria
 * Izzi, Nigeria
 * Ohaozara, Nigeria
 * Ohaukwu, Nigeria
 * Onicha, Nigeria

Other main towns
Other major towns are Edda, Onueke, Nkalagu, Uburu, Onicha, Ishiagu, Amasiri and Okposi.