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Onicha

Onicha

Onicha is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is made up of the following towns; Oshiri, Onicha-Igboeze, Abaomege, Ukawu, Isu, Ugwulangu and Isinkwo. The headquarters is located in the town of Isu. The area council derived its name from the town of Onicha-Igboeze.
The local government is made up two subgroups of Igbo people; Ezza people (Ukawu, Abaomega and Isinkwo) and Ohaozara people (Oshiri, Isu and Onicha-Igboeze).
It was created in 1991 from the Ohaozara Local Government while creating Abia state.
It has an area of 476 km2 and has a population of 236,828 according to the 2006 census.
The chairman is Hon. Ogbofia Ikechukwu. The postal code of the area is .

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