South East Nigeria
Anambra State
Awka South

Awka

Awka is the capital city of , . The city has an estimated population of over 2.5 million as of 2018. Awka is one of the most populous cities in Nigeria.
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is the capital of , a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central . , the capital of Awka North Local Government Area, is located in the Anambra North senatorial district of Anambra State, Nigeria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nibo.

Town
is a town in the local government area of , . There are four major villages that make up the town. In order of seniority they are; Ezeawulu, Umuanum, Ifite and Ezeoye.

Awka

Latitude
6.2189° or 6° 13′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.0774° or 7° 4′ 39″ east
Population
302,000
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
6FR9639G+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501540935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2348773
Wiki­data ID
Q791766
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Awka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوكا”
  • Arabic: “اوكا”
  • Asturian: “Awka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avka”
  • Bavarian: “Awka”
  • Bengali: “আওকা”
  • Catalan: “Awka”
  • Cebuano: “Awka (kapital sa estado sa Nigeria)”
  • Cebuano: “Awka”
  • Chinese: “奧卡”
  • Croatian: “Awka”
  • Danish: “Awka”
  • Dutch: “Awka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكا”
  • Esperanto: “Awka”
  • Finnish: “Awka”
  • French: “Awka”
  • German: “Akwa-Ikom”
  • German: “Awka”
  • Greek: “Άβκα”
  • Gujarati: “આવકા”
  • Hausa: “Awka”
  • Hindi: “औका”
  • Igbo: “Óká”
  • Igbo: “Ọká”
  • Indonesian: “Awka”
  • Italian: “Awka”
  • Japanese: “アウカ”
  • Kannada: “ಅವೇಕ”
  • Korean: “아우카”
  • Latvian: “Avka”
  • Lithuanian: “Avka”
  • Lithuanian: “Awka”
  • Malagasy: “Awka”
  • Malay: “Awka”
  • Marathi: “अवका”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Awka”
  • Northern Frisian: “Awka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Awka”
  • Norwegian: “Awka”
  • Persian: “اوکا”
  • Polish: “Awka”
  • Portuguese: “Awka (cidade)”
  • Portuguese: “Awka (Nigéria)”
  • Portuguese: “Awka”
  • Romanian: “Awka”
  • Russian: “Авка”
  • Sinhala: “අව්කා”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوکا”
  • Spanish: “Awka”
  • Swedish: “Awka”
  • Tamil: “அவ்க்கா”
  • Telugu: “ఔకా”
  • Thai: “เอาคา”
  • Turkish: “Awka”
  • Ukrainian: “Авка”
  • Urdu: “اوکا”
  • Vietnamese: “Awka”
  • Yoruba: “Awka”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Awka”. Photo: Nwabu2010, CC BY-SA 4.0.