Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Umuchieze
Recorded in Imo. A register entry gathers the towns the sources list, the names borne there and the records the archive holds, instead of opening only one article.
The record
What the archive holds for Umuchieze
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| State | Imo |
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its towns are Lokpauku, Lokpanta, Lekwesu and Leru.
The group is counted both among the small isolated communities of the southern section of the eastern uplands and among those of the Nkanu plains in the south, which were peopled westward from the eastern uplands.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-30 and 33-36, Table II and notes
Towns
The 4 towns recorded inside Umuchieze
- Lekwesu
- Leru
- Lokpanta
- Lokpauku
Names
Names borne in Umuchieze
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Umuchieze yet. This is the state of the name material rather than a statement about the names people bear.
Archive records
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