Ebonyi State

state in Nigeria

AdministrativeArea state_of_nigeria Q506808

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: state of Nigeria
Inception: October 1, 1996^[29]
Country: Nigeria^[3]
Official website: www.ebonyistatenigeria.net, www.ebonyistate.gov.ng^[30]^[31]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 6.250°, 8.083°
Area: +5533^[37]
Capital: Abakaliki^[6]
Contains the administrative territorial entity: Afikpo North, Ohaukwu, Ohaozara, Izzi, Ivo, Ishielu, Afikpo South, Ebonyi, Ezza North, Ezza South, Ikwo, Onicha, Abakaliki^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Continent: Africa^[5]
Executive body: Ebonyi State Executive Council^[26]
Geoshape: 🗺️ View shape: Nigeria/Ebonyi
Head of government: Nwifuru Francis^[4]
Language used: Mbembe, Ikwo, Ezaa, Igede, Gbo, Nnam^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]
Legislative body: Ebonyi State House of Assembly^[25]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nigeria^[2]
Located in time zone: UTC+01:00^[28]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+01:00 GeoNames Africa/Lagos edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Office held by head of government: Governor of Ebonyi State^[34]
Official language: English^[7]
P14541: 4KMNrk^[44]
Population: +2176947, +3490383^[32]^[33]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,176,947 · 3,490,383 GeoNames 3,242,500 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code: 840001^[27]
Replaces: Abia State, Enugu State^[35]^[36]
Shares border with: Benue State, Cross River State, Abia State, Enugu State^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ebonyi State ar ولاية إبونيه cs Ebonyi de NG-EB el Εμπόνι fa ایالت ابونیی fr Etat d'Ebonyi he אבוני hi एबोन्यी राज्य ja エボンイ州 ja エボニ州 ko 에보니주 ms Negeri Ebonyi pt Eboñi ro Statul Ebonyi ru Эбоньи th อีบอนยี tr Ebonyi Eyaleti uk Ебоньі vi Bang Ebonyi

🔖 Identifiers · 21

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Unwana Beach, Ebonyi State.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID: aa412bd0-d794-4440-8985-fb9938fe5db3
BabelNet ID: 01201262n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 418348
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions): NI53
Freebase ID: /m/066xdn
GNS Unique Feature ID: 9098617
GeoNames ID: 2595345
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 7594750
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Ebonyi
HASC: NG.EB
INaturalist place ID: 11422

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ISO 3166-2 code: NG-EB
Mindat locality ID: 258141
MusicBrainz area ID: fdd3df7b-e5b3-4261-bb13-f3613ed47d8b
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 3717071
Quora topic ID: Ebonyi-State
Topic's main category: Category:Ebonyi State
Who's on First ID: 85675399
WorldCat Entities ID: E39QbtfRvRHwWkDfJTCG48frhB
Yale LUX ID: place/d7d62a47-1743-490f-a0c9-556e6f9a18ae

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🔗 Connections

Contained subdivisions 22

Igbo people, Abakaliki, Afikpo North, Ebonyi, Ezza North, Onicha, Afikpo South, Ishielu +14 more

Contains the administrative territorial entity 12

Afikpo North, Ebonyi, Ezza North, Onicha, Afikpo South, Ishielu, Ohaozara, Ohaukwu +4 more

← Indigenous to 10

Gbo, Igede, Mbembe, Nnam, Izi, Ezaa, Ikwo, Kele +2 more

Language used 6

Gbo, Igede, Mbembe, Nnam, Ezaa, Ikwo

Shares border with 4

Abia State, Benue State, Cross River State, Enugu State

← Shares border with 4

Abia State, Benue State, Cross River State, Enugu State

Located in this place 3

Ebonyi State University, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo

People born here 3

Chacha Eke, Anthony Agbo, Vincent Usulor

Replaces 2

Abia State, Enugu State

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2

Nigeria, South East

Belongs to 1

list of capitals of states of Nigeria

Capital 1

Abakaliki

Continent 1

Africa

Country 1

Nigeria

Instance of 1

state of Nigeria

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Nigeria

Located in time zone 1

UTC+01:00

Official language 1

English

Topic's main category 1

Category:Ebonyi State

← Capital of 1

Abakaliki

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Ebonyi State

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Summary

Ebonyi State is a state of Nigeria^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Ebonyi State — head of government (P6): Nwifuru Francis. nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved 2026-05-28. nggovernorsforum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ebonyi State — country (P17): Nigeria. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ebonyi State — continent (P30): Africa. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ebonyi State — capital (P36): Abakaliki. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ebonyi State — official language (P37): English. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ebonyi State — shares border with (P47): Benue State. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ebonyi State — shares border with (P47): Cross River State. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ebonyi State — shares border with (P47): Abia State. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ebonyi State — shares border with (P47): Enugu State. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Ebonyi State — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Nigeria. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Afikpo North. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ohaukwu. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ohaozara. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Izzi. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ivo. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ishielu. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Afikpo South. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ebonyi. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ezza North. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ezza South. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Ikwo. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Onicha. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ebonyi State — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Abakaliki. ebonyistate.gov.ng. ebonyistate.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ebonyi State — legislative body (P194): Ebonyi State House of Assembly. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ebonyi State — executive body (P208): Ebonyi State Executive Council. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ebonyi State — postal code (P281): 840001. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ebonyi State — located in time zone (P421): UTC+01:00. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Ebonyi State — inception (P571): October 1, 1996. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Ebonyi State — official website (P856): http://www.ebonyistatenigeria.net/. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Ebonyi State — official website (P856): https://www.ebonyistate.gov.ng/. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Ebonyi State — population (P1082): 2,176,947. web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Ebonyi State — population (P1082): 3,490,383. nigerianstat.gov.ng. nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Ebonyi State — office held by head of government (P1313): Governor of Ebonyi State. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Ebonyi State — replaces (P1365): Abia State. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Ebonyi State — replaces (P1365): Enugu State. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Ebonyi State — area (P2046): 5533 km². wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Mbembe. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Ikwo. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Ezaa. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Igede. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Gbo. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Ebonyi State — language used (P2936): Nnam. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Ebonyi State — P14541 (P14541): 4KMNrk. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Ebonyi State is an instance of state of Nigeria (Q465842) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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22w ago · King ChristLike · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Head of government → Nwifuru Francis

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Nwifuru Francis"
24w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Capital → Abakaliki

Coordinate location → {'lat': 6.25, 'lon': 8.0833333333333}

Inception → +1996-10-01T00:00:00Z

Legislative body → Ebonyi State House of Assembly

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