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Onitsha (ōnĭch`ə), city (1991 est. pop. 328,000), SE Nigeria, a port on the Niger River. The city's manufactures include textiles, beverages, shoes, lumber, and printed materials. Fishing and canoe-building are traditional local industries. Onitsha is the northern limit of year-round navigation on the Niger and is an important entrepôt linking traders from the Niger delta with the upper Niger and Benue rivers and with a wide region of E Nigeria. A road bridge (built 1965) across the Niger at Onitsha is a vital link between E and W Nigeria. Onitsha was probably founded in the 16th cent. by immigrants from Benin Benin , city (1991 est. pop. 203,000), S Nigeria, a port on the Benin River. Palm nuts and timber are produced nearby and processed in Benin, which is the center of Nigeria's rubber industry. Furniture and carpets are also made.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the 17th cent. it became capital of an Igbo Igbo or Ibo , one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, deriving mainly from SE Nigeria, numbering around 15 million. Originally settled in many autonomous villages, the Igbo nevertheless had a sense of cultural unity and the ability to unite ..... Click the link for more information. kingdom. In 1857 a British trading station and a Christian mission were established in the city, and in 1884 Onitsha came under British protection. Onitsha a port in S Nigeria, in Anambra State on the Niger River: industrial centre. Pop.: 565 000 (2005 est.) Onitsha a city in Nigeria on the left bank of the Niger River, in Enugu State. Population, 197,100(1971). A highway junction and the center of an oil-palm growing region, Onitsha has textile and palm-oil production. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The truck hit a pothole and overturned on Friday on the road between Onitsha and Enugu in the south of the country, spilling its cargo of petrol, witnesses and police told the papers. Born in France in 1940, Le Clezio spent a few years of his childhood in Nigeria (recalled in Onitsha [1997]), where his father, a Mauritian-born British physician, was stationed during World War II. 3bn for the construction of the second Niger Bridge at Onitsha in southeastern Nigeria and N3. |
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