Umu Nneochi

Umunneochi is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Abia State of Nigeria. Umunneochi is officially known as Nneochi. Umunneochi is made up of three major septs: Umuchieze, Nneato and Isuochi. The headquarters is located in the colonial administrative town of Nkwoagu, located in Isuochi. The administrative capital is Nkwoagu in Amuda of Isuochi has been in ancient and modern times political and administrative rallying points for Umunneochi autonomous communities. The major towns of Umunneochi are Amuda(Ngodo), Lokpaukwu, Leru, Lomara Lokpanta, Lekwesi and Mbala. These towns have been organised and re-organized a number of times over the years with their traditional heads known as Ndi-Eze. The Ndi-Eze rule with their Sub-Chiefs and Eze-in-councils.

Nneochi Umunneochi
Local Government Area
Country	Nigeria
State	Abia State
Capital	Nkwoagu
Government
• Type	Democracy
Area
• Total	142 sq mi (368 km^2)
Population  (2006)
• Total	163,928
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

The major occupation of the Umunneochi people include agriculture, trading and mining of granite, quorite and laterite. The main agricultural food crops are cassava, yam, black beans and cocoyam. The cash crops are palm nuts and cashew nuts. These also constitute foundation of industrial activities in the area. In addition there are public and private schools, churches and pottery industries. The lokpanta area houses the biggest cattle market in Nigeria that was relocated from the umuahia and okigwe cattle market in 2001 to the Enugu-ph highway lokpanta

The size of Umunneochi is 368 km² in land area with a population of 163,928, according to the 2006 Nigeria National Census.

The postal code of the area is 441.[1]

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.