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Onitsha
Ọ̀nị̀chà Mmílí Port City | |
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Metropolis | |
From Top to Left to Right: Onitsha Stock Exchange; Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity; DMGS Roundabout; Dennis Memorial Grammar School; Onitsha International Market; Second Niger Bridge; First Niger Bridge; All Saints Cathedral. | |
| Nickname(s): Port City, Onitsha(Osha), Otu, Otu Nkwo | |
| Anthem: "With all our hearts, We Pray and ask" | |
  Onitsha Location of Onitsha in Nigeria  Onitsha Onitsha (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 6°10′N 6°47′E / 6.167°N 6.783°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Anambra State |
| LGA(s)[note 1] | List of LGAs
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| Founded | 1550 |
| Settled | 15th century |
| Incorporated city | 19th century |
| Government | |
| • Type | Constitutional Monarchy, Executive Government, Local Government |
| • Governor | Charles Chukwuma Soludo (APGA) |
| • Legislature | Anambra State House of Assembly |
| • Anambra North District | N: Tony Nwoye (LP) |
| • Constitutional Monarchy | HRH, Alfred Achebe. Obi Of Onitsha |
| Area | |
• Metropolis | 830 km2 (320 sq mi) |
| • Land | 614.12 km2 (237.11 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.067 km2 (0.026 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,965 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,965 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[4] | |
• Metropolis | 1,695,000[1] |
| • Urban | 7,985,643 |
| • Urban density | 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 8,320,664[3] |
| • Demonym | Onye Onicha (singular) Ndi Onicha (plural) (Igbo) |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. Dollar) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $18,5 billion[5] |
| • Per capita | $11,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Postcode | 430...[6] |
| Area code | 046 |
| National language | Igbo |
| Website | anambrastate |
Onitsha (Igbo: Ọ̀nị̀chà Mmílí[7] or simply Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the western bank of the Niger River, form a continuous metropolitan area.[8][9]
As of 2016, the greater Onitsha area had an estimated population of around 8 million people in central and southern Anambra state extending into neighboring Delta state to the west and Imo state to the south.[3] Spread across parts of these 3 states, the greater Onitsha area is regarded as one of the largest metropolitan areas in Nigeria by both population and landmass.[10] The continuous urban sprawl or conurbation of greater Onitsha spreads across several separate cities and their satellite towns and suburbs including Asaba, Obosi, Ogbaru, Nnewi, the Anambra State capital Awka down to Orlu in Imo State.[11] As of early 2024, Onitsha city proper has an estimated population of 1,695,000.[12]
The indigenous people of Onitsha are Igbo and speak the Igbo language with Onitsha being the largest urban area and commercial hub of the Igboland region of Nigeria, the Igbo people’s indigenous homeland. The Onitsha people are referred to as Ndi Onicha in Igbo. English and Nigerian Pidgin English are also widely spoken. Although the population is largely Igbo, there are many other ethnic groups in the Onitsha area mainly from other Nigerian ethnicities indigenous to the southeast of the country due to Onitshas position as an economic hub in the region.
According to Africapolis,[13][3] the greater Onitsha metropolis will be regarded as one of the most densely populated areas in the world by 2050. In 2023, McKinsey predicted that the greater Onitsha metropolis area will double in human development by 2045 with the current expansion rate.[7]
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- ^ "Onitsha, Nigeria Metro Area Population 1950-2024".
- ^ UN Habitat (2009). Structure Plan for Onitsha and Satellite Towns. UN-HABITAT. ISBN 978-92-1-132117-3. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ a b c "Africapolis". Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ Onitsha Nigeria at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ "TelluBase—Nigeria Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Nipost Postcode Map". Nigerian Postal Service. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ a b Okanga, Eloka Chijioke Paul Nwolisa (2003). Njepu amaka--migration is rewarding: a sociocultural anthropological study of global economic migration. Peter Lang. p. 63. ISBN 0-8204-6090-7.
- ^ "Onitsha | Nigeria, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Onitsha, Anambra state urbanization and the housing challenges". www.ajemates.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Reimagining economic growth in Africa" (PDF). www.mckinsey.com.
- ^ "Reimagining economic growth in Africa" (PDF). www.mckinsey.com.
- ^ "Onitsha, Nigeria Metro Area Population 1950-2022". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ OCDE/CSAO (2020), Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 : Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography, West African Studies, Éditions OCDE, Paris. 2020. doi:10.1787/b6bccb81-en. ISBN 978-92-64-57958-3. Retrieved 2024-02-23.