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:

  1. Abube-Nando
  2. Achalla
  3. Akaezi
  4. Akpakwu
  5. Amadiaba
  6. Amaezike
  7. Amansi
  8. Amaokpo
  9. Amawa
  10. Amuche
  11. Awkuzu
  12. Ezi-Nkwelle
  13. Ezinkwo
  14. Eziudo
  15. Ifite
  16. Ikenga
  17. Iruayika
  18. Iruoyim
  19. Isioyo
  20. Nkwelle-Ezunaka
  21. Nteje
  22. Odumodu
  23. Odumodu-Ani
  24. Ogbunike
  25. Ojobi
  26. Okpu
  27. Orukaba
  28. Otigba
  29. Otoko
  30. Oyolu
  31. Oze
  32. Ozu
  33. Ubili
  34. Ukpomachi
  35. Ukunu
  36. Umudioka
  37. Umueri
  38. Umuneba
  39. Umunya
  40. Umuobi
  41. Umuonuora
  42. Uruebo