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Umuahia

Umuahia is a city of about 774,000 (2020) in Abia State, South East Nigeria. Umuahia is renowned for being a railway and agricultural market center, which attracts traders and farmers from neighbouring towns to sell their produce, such as yams, cassava, corn (maize), taro, citrus fruits, and palm oil and kernels. Wikivoyage

Population 359,230 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Getting there

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Through the year

  1. Ekpe Festival Umuahia

    January

    Masquerade festival is peculiar to Umuahia people that is celebrated annually in January. It is a lively cultural festival that attracts people from all walks of life.

  2. New Yam Festival

    August

    The most significant festival in Umuahia, Abia State. New yam festival is celebrated annually at the end of the rainy season in August in thanksgiving to the gods for a bumper harvest

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Umuahia); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

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