Ikwo (local government)

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Ikwo |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = LGA, City |motto = |image_skyline = Onuebonyi Post Office, Ikwo-Ebonyi State.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Ikwo post office |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Nigeria |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Ebonyi State |subdivision_type2 = Onu-Ebonyi Echara |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Local Government Chairman |leader_name = Barr. Sunday Nwankwo<ref>{{cite web| title=List Of Local Government Areas In Ebonyi State, And Their Chairmen| url=https://nigerianleaders.com/local-government-areas-ebonyi-state-chairmen/|access-date=2024-12-24}}</ref> |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 500 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2006 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = WAT |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|12.473|7.487|display=inline,title|region:NG}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-marker = village |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ikwo''' {{Audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Chikeme Chizurum-Ikwo.wav|Listen|help=no}} is the largest Local Government Area in Ebonyi State. It is situated on the eastern part of the state. The city and local government area has a land mass of approximately 500 square kilometers and shares a border with Abakaliki, Izzi and Ezza Local Government Areas as well as Cross River State. It is the home land of a former Governor of the state Chief Martin Elechi. Ikwo is the home to Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) One of the Universities established by president Goodluck Jonathan. Ikwo also plays host to Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo at Ndufu Echara.

The local government headquarters is at Onu-Ebonyi Echara.

Ikwo has a boundary with Cross River State.

The Ikwo dialect of the Igbo language is generally spoken.

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== External links == *[http://funai.edu.ng/ funai.edu.ng] website of Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130123112613/http://www.nuc.edu.ng/nucsite/File/Approved_Accredited%20Programmes%20of%20Nigerian%20Universities-Listed%20by%20University.pdf#53 Approved/Accredited Programmes of Nigerian Universities], National Universities Commission, January 2012 * [http://www.ebonyionline.com/ikwo-local-government-area/] Ebonyi Online

Category:Local government areas in Ebonyi State