ANAMBRA IS A STATE IN SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA. Is name is an anglicised version of the original 'OMA MBALA'. The native name of the Anambra river.
The capital and the seat of government is AWKA.
Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively.
THE STATE'S THEME IS "LIGHT OF THE NATION".
Boundaries are formed by DELTA STATE to the west, IMO STATE and RIVER STATE to the south, ENUGU STATE to the east and KOGI STATE to the north.
The origin of the name is derived from the Anambra river OMAMBALA which is a tributary of the famous RIVER NIGER.
THE INDIGENIOUSE ETHNIC GROUP OF THE ANAMBRA STATE ARE IGBO THEY ARE ABOUT 98% OF THE POPULATION, A SMALL POPULATION OF IGBALA ARE ABOUT 2% OF THE POPULATION WHO LIVE IN THE NOTH WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.
Anambra is the most populated state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the second most densely populated state in Nigeria after Lagos state. The stretch of more than 45km between OBA and AMORKA contains a cluster of numerous thickly populated villages and small towns giving the area an estimated average density of 1,500-2,000 persons per square kilometre.
RESOURCES
Anambra is rich in natural gas, crude oil, bauxite, ceramic and has an almost 100 percent arable soil.
In the year 2006, a foundation ceremony for the first Nigerian private refinery orient petroleum refinery (OPR) was made in Nsugbe-aguleri area.
The orient petroleum resource Ltd, (OPRL) OWNER OF OPR, WAS LICENCED IN JUNE 2002, by the federal government to construct a private refinery with a 55,000 b/d capacity.
Further more, Anambra state is a state that as many other resources in terms of agro based activities like fishing and farming, as well as land cultivated for pasturing and animal husbandry.
Currently Anambra state has the lowest poverty rate in Nigeria.
HISTORY OF ANAMBRA
Anambra possesses a history that stretches back to the 9th century AD, as revealed by archaeological exacavation at IGBO-UKWU and Ezira; Great work in iron, bronze, copper, and pottery works belonging to the ancient kingdom of Nri, REVEALED A sophisticated divine kingship administrative system which held sway in the area of anambra from c. 948 AD to 1911.
During the Nigerian/Biafran war a relief airstrip, was constructed by Biafran Engineers in the town of Uli/Amorka(code named "Annabelle"). Extremely dangerous relief flights took off from SAO TOME and other sites loaded with tons of relief supplies to the Biafran population.
Disgusted by the suffering and mounting death toll in Biafra from starvation as well as the continuous harassement of the relief planes by the Nigerian Airforce, CARL GUSTAF VON ROSEN resigned as a red cross relief supplier to biafra to form an AIRFORCE OF FIVE MINICOIN PLANES MALMO MFI-9 station at the Uga airstrip. HE NAMED HIS TINY BUT EFFECTIVE AIRFORCE "BABIES OF BIAFRA" in honour of the babies who died via starvation inside Biafra.
OLD ANAMBRA STATE WAS CREATED IN 1976 FROM PART OF EAST CENTRAL STATE , AND ITS CAPITAL WAS ENUGU. A RE-ORGANISATION IN 1991 DIVIDED ANAMBRA INTO TWO STATES, ANAMBRA AND ENUGU THE CAPITAL OF ANAMBRA IS AWKA .
CULTURE AND TOURISM
AGULU CROCODILE LAKE IS LOCATED ALONG AWKA ROAD IN AGULU, ANIOCHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE STATE. A potential tourist site, it is home to an estimated three hundred crocodiles and water. Fishing is not allowed on the lake and the crocodiles, being sacred animal to the people, can not be killed. Legend says that these crocodiles were instruments in delivering the town from enemy soldiers during the Nigerian civil war. It is also believed that these sacred crocodiles and turtles transformed themselves into beautiful ladies and lured the solders unaware, into the lake where they disappeared without a trace. At noon the crocodiles and the turtles appeared at the bank of the lake to take sunlight. Vsit the link for more information edit source
NAMES OF OBOSI PEOPLE IN LONDON
MEET THE LONDONERS
OBINNA IBEAKUZIE
ABUA IBEAKUZIE
ONYEKA UYELUMOR
JERRY NWORAH
SALOBRA OKEY
CHUKA AGOM
NATHANIEL NWORA
OGO ICHU
CHI CHI AKUTU
IKENNA NDRIKA
OBINNA OBAEMEKA
DOZIE MADUKA
EMEKA ENELI
IK OKOMA
NONYE CHUKE
OBINNA UGOANA
MARTIN AGWUEGBO
NZUBIKE IWEDINOBI
EMEKA OGBOGU
CHUKWUDI OJIAKU
ERIC NWANEGBO
CHUKA NJEGBU
UCHE IBEME
EBELE ONWUEGBUSI
ONYEKA ONOCHIE
ONOCHIE OKOLO
AMAKA ARINZE
EMEKA ICHU
VICTOR NWOSU
BENSOU EJIKEME
CHIEDU OKENNA
EROBU CONSTANCE
VICTOR ARINZE
UCHE ANOLIEFO
NZUBE ONOCHE
MADUKA OFONZE
AND THERE ARE MANY MORE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF ANAMBRA, OBOSI IN LONDON. THE NAMES OF THESE OBOSI BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE COPIED FROM THE OBOSI FORUM MEMBERS LIST LONDON, 2014.
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