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Enugu (/ eɪ ˈ n uː ɡ uː / ⓘ ay-NOO-goo; [8] Igbo: Enụgwụ) [9] [10] is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. The city had a population of 4,690,100 spread across the three LGAs of Enugu East, Enugu North and Enugu South, according to the 2022 Nigerian census. [5]
Enugu state has a Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate. The city's yearly temperature is 28.27°C (82.89°F) and it is -1.19% lower than Nigeria's averages. Enugu typically receives about 158.57 millimeters (6.24 inches) of precipitation and has 192.73 rainy days (52.8% of the time) annually. [13]
Ogui Nike, as it is usually called, is a major landlord to the administrative, political and economic hub of the city of Enugu, in that major public and private institutions, shopping malls, hotels, parks, banks and so on are situated on Ogui land.
New Haven is one of the areas of Enugu State that was mapped out in the 1960s and grown from a residential suburb to a major commercial area especially along Chime Avenue which runs from Otigba junction on Ogui road to Emene junction on Enugu- Abakaliki Express way, the main high street, It is the nerve centre of Enugu City and connects a number of key locations together.
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Enugu North is a Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria.Its headquarters are in the city of Enugu at Opkara Avenue. The LGA is made up of five main district areas Amaigbo Lane, Onuato, Umunevo, Enugwu-Ngwo and Ihenwuzi.
The 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre, also known as The Iva Valley Shooting, took place on 18 November 1949, when a British Superintendent of Police, F.S. Philip, commanding a number of British and Nigerian Police Officers ordered the shooting of unarmed protesting coal mine workers of the Iva Valley Coal Mine who were on strike.
The city of Enugu was the capital of East Central State. [3] East Central State Leaders. Ukpabi Asika, Administrator (1967 – July 1975) [4]