Isi-Uzo Towns And Villages

Isi Uzo is a Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria, bordering Benue State and Ebonyi State. Its headquarters sits at Ikem. The 2006 census counted 148,597 residents, projected to about 213,300 by 2022, across an area of roughly 877 square kilometres.

The LGA groups its communities around seven wards: Ikem I, Ikem II, Neke I, Neke II, Mbu I, Mbu II, Umualor and Eha-Amufu I-IV. Eha-Amufu hosts the Federal College of Education, and the area sits within the Enugu East Senatorial Zone.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory, the GRID3 official settlement dataset and the GeoNames gazetteer:

  1. Aba
  2. Abor Isiala
  3. Adama
  4. Afor Ulo
  5. Agbuhu
  6. Agu Amede
  7. Agudene Aliyi
  8. Agudene Mbu
  9. Agudene Neke
  10. Aharu
  11. Akanugu
  12. Akasa Uzam
  13. Akparata
  14. Akpoga
  15. Akpueze
  16. Aliyi
  17. Ama-Ogbu
  18. Amaezeaka
  19. Amakpaka
  20. Amaobelebe
  21. Amauzam
  22. Amede
  23. Amegbu
  24. Amofia
  25. Amudam
  26. Ape
  27. Buruamanyi
  28. Echiku
  29. Ememamaru
  30. Ezza Aliyi
  31. Idolugbu
  32. Igbo Etiti (Umualor)
  33. Ihe
  34. Ihenyi
  35. Ikem Nkwo
  36. Ikem Ogor
  37. Ikem Uno
  38. Ikpakpara
  39. Ishienyi
  40. Ishiolu
  41. Isi-Ado
  42. Isienu
  43. Isioroto
  44. Isu
  45. Iyiakwa
  46. Mbu Akpoti
  47. Mbu Amon
  48. Mgbede
  49. Mgbuji
  50. Ndiagu Amofia
  51. Ndiagu Umuoziobo
  52. Neke
  53. Ngele Aguiyi
  54. Ngele Ikpa
  55. Ngelefi (Eha-Amufu)
  56. Ngelefi (Ikem)
  57. Ngelekwe
  58. Ngene Ogbuagu
  59. Nkpunato
  60. Nzute Igbo
  61. Obeagu
  62. Obibi Umuogiri
  63. Obodo Nabo
  64. Odenigbo
  65. Odoba Uzam
  66. Odobido
  67. Odumogwu
  68. Ofiolu
  69. Ofuru-Ulo Isu
  70. Ogbete Eha
  71. Ogbodu
  72. Ogbuagu
  73. Ogbuegbo
  74. Ogburu
  75. Ogelegwu
  76. Ogoiraba
  77. Ojeshi
  78. Ojete
  79. Okpirigwu
  80. Okpokwu Umu Ogbodo
  81. Okpurukpu
  82. Okwuru
  83. Omulor
  84. Onicha Ebia
  85. Onodu
  86. Onokoro Ebia
  87. Onuajuona
  88. Onuegu
  89. Onueme
  90. Onunkwo Uwani
  91. Orokoro
  92. Ortu
  93. Ugwuadaka
  94. Ugwuagbatu
  95. Ugwuanama
  96. Ugwueke
  97. Ugwuokwunene
  98. Ukpoka
  99. Umoke Amasogiji
  100. Umu Ugwu
  101. Umu-Onu
  102. Umu-Oshim
  103. Umualor
  104. Umuaram
  105. Umuata
  106. Umueje
  107. Umuezeogbo
  108. Umuezuboke
  109. Umuezutu
  110. Umuhu
  111. Umujiovu Alu
  112. Umujiovu Elu
  113. Umuokpara Umuhu
  114. Umuozibo Umuhu
  115. Usorere
  116. Uwenu Agudene
  117. Uzam Ugwu

Most residents are Christian, but Ikem, Neke and Eha-Amufu still observe the Odo masquerade, a biennial rite shared with Nsukka’s Igbo-Odo towns of Ohodo, Ukehe and Aku. Initiated men wear the Odo to represent the dead returning among the living; the uninitiated stay indoors while the masquerade moves at night.