Onitsha-Ado

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title: "Onitsha-Ado" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-on-the-niger-river", "igbo-subgroups"] description: "Village in South-Eastern Nigeria" topic_path: "general/communities-on-the-niger-river" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onitsha-Ado" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in South-Eastern Nigeria ::

Onicha-Ado alternatively Onicha-Ado n’Idu is an Igbo town found at the eastern shores of River Niger. The town is originally occupied by one Ezechime clans about 5000 years ago. The village that was later incorporated and formed the city of Onitsha, on the east bank of the river Niger in eastern Nigeria, in the area currently called the Anambra state of Nigeria.

References

References

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6. Roth RL. Great Benin. Its customs, arts and horrors. Northbrook, Illinois, USA, [[Metro books]] Inc, 1972
7. Umeh JA. Igbo people-their origin and culture area. Enugu, Nigeria; [[Gostak printing and publishing]] Co.Ltd, 1999
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