Oyi Towns And Villages
Oyi is a Local Government Area in Anambra North, Nigeria, on the Anambra-Onitsha corridor northeast of Onitsha. Its headquarters sits at Nteje. The area covers about 140 square kilometres.
The 2006 census counted 168,201 residents; 2022 projections put the figure near 239,700. Oyi holds 15 electoral wards grouped under five main towns: Awkuzu, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Nteje, Ogbunike and Umunya.
Ogbunike is known for the Ogbunike Caves, a cave system and pilgrimage site cut into the escarpment. Igbo farmers and traders grow yam, cassava and palm produce; Awkuzu and Nteje host the LGA’s busiest markets. Oyi borders Dunukofia and Idemili North to the south and Anambra East to the north.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GRID3 settlement data and local postal directories:
- Abube-Nando
- Achalla
- Akaezi
- Akpakwu
- Amadiaba
- Amaezike
- Amansi
- Amaokpo
- Amawa
- Amuche
- Awkuzu
- Ezi-Nkwelle
- Ezinkwo
- Eziudo
- Ifite
- Ikenga
- Iruayika
- Iruoyim
- Isioyo
- Nkwelle-Ezunaka
- Nteje
- Odumodu
- Odumodu-Ani
- Ogbunike
- Ojobi
- Okpu
- Orukaba
- Otigba
- Otoko
- Oyolu
- Oze
- Ozu
- Ubili
- Ukpomachi
- Ukunu
- Umudioka
- Umueri
- Umuneba
- Umunya
- Umuobi
- Umuonuora
- Uruebo
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