Awka

E321195
city state capital

Awka is the capital city of Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria, known as a historic center of blacksmithing and regional commerce.

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Label Occurrences
Awka canonical 3

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
administrativeStatus local government area headquarters ⓘ
capitalOf Anambra State NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubdivision South East geopolitical zone ⓘ
surface form: South-East geopolitical zone
demographics predominantly Igbo-speaking population ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
education sector ⓘ
services sector ⓘ
ethnicGroup Igbo people ⓘ
governingBody Awka South Local Government Area ⓘ
hasAirport Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport ⓘ
surface form: Anambra International Cargo Airport
hasInstitution Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital ⓘ
hasTertiaryInstitution Paul University (nearby in Awka urban area) ⓘ
hasTraditionalRulerTitle Eze Uzu of Awka ⓘ
hasUniversity Nnamdi Azikiwe University ⓘ
historicalRole center of iron smelting ⓘ
pre-colonial trade center ⓘ
isCapitalCityOf Anambra State ⓘ
surface form: Anambra State Government
knownFor blacksmithing ⓘ
regional commerce ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
locatedIn Anambra State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity Enugu ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
postalCode 420 ⓘ
region Awka North ⓘ
Awka South ⓘ
regionType urban area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
roadConnection Enugu–Onitsha Expressway ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
transportMode intercity buses ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Nigeria → contains → Awka ⓘ
Anambra State → capital → Awka ⓘ
Anambra State → hasCity → Awka ⓘ