Onitsha

Onitsha Ọ̀nị̀chà Mmílí Port City
Metropolis
Onitsha aerial view
Nickname(s):  Port City, Onitsha(Osha)
Motto(s):  Economic Hub For Commerce, Industry, And Education
Anthem: "With all our hearts, We Pray and ask"
Onitsha Onitsha in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°10′N 6°47′E / 6.167°N 6.783°E / 6.167; 6.783
Country	Nigeria
State	Anambra State
LGA	Onitsha North, Onitsha South
Founded	1550
Settled	15th Century
Incorporated City	19th Century
Government
• Type	Constitutional Monarchy, Executive Chairman Local Government Council
• Constitutional Monarchy	Obi of Onitsha Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, "Agbogidi"
• Executive Chairman	Patrick Agha-Mba Onitsha North Emeka Asoanya Onitsha South
• Anambra North Senatorial District, Onitsha	Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi
Area [1]
• Metropolis	52 km2 (20 sq mi)
• Land	36.12 km2 (13.95 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  (2006 census)
• Metropolis	261,604
• Density	5,030.8/km2 (13,030/sq mi)
• Urban	7,425,000
• Ethnicity	Igbo >90% Others
• Demonym	Onye Onicha (singular) Ndi Onicha (plural) (Igbo)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postcode	430...[2]
Area code	046
Climate	Aw
Website	https://anambrastate.gov.ng

Onitsha (Igbo: Ọ̀nị̀chà Mmílí^[3] or just Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city on the east side of the Nigeria River, in Nigeria's Anambra State. It has a river port. In 2006, around 260,000 people lived there. It was also the largest city in Biafra.

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ "Nipost Postcode Map". Nigerian Postal Service. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
3. ↑ 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.