Imo State
Imo is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Owerri and Ahiazu Mbaise.
Owerri
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Owerri city is the capital of Imo State, South East Nigeria. Owerri is set in the heart of Igboland. It is also the state's largest city. Owerri is home to popular higher institutions such as the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State University, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, and several secondary and primary schools.
Ahiazu Mbaise
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Ahiazu Mbaise is a Local Government Area in Imo State, Nigeria. It has an area of 114 km2 and an estimated population of 170,902 as of the 2006 census.
Aboh Mbaise
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Aboh Mbaise is a Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Aboh. It has an area of 184 km2 and a population of 194,779 at the 2006 census.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Oguta and Umuaka.
Oguta
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Oguta Lake is the largest natural lake in the South-Eastern region of Nigeria, it is situated within the all-encompassing east bank floodplain of the River Niger downstream of Onitsha.
Umuaka
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Umuaka is a city in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, South East Nigeria. Umuaka is situated almost mid way between Orlu and Owerri.
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Imo State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 4,930,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Imo”
- Neighbors: Abia State, Anambra State, and Rivers State
- Location: South East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Imo State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية إيمو”
- Armenian: “Իմո նահանգ”
- Armenian: “Իմո”
- Azerbaijani: “İmo ştatı”
- Belarusian: “Іма”
- Belarusian: “Імо”
- Bengali: “ইমো অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bulgarian: “Имо”
- Catalan: “Imo”
- Cebuano: “Imo State”
- Central Kanuri: “Imo state”
- Central Kanuri: “Imo”
- Chinese: “Imo Chiu”
- Chinese: “伊莫州”
- Czech: “Imo (stát)”
- Czech: “Imo”
- Danish: “Imo”
- Dutch: “Imo”
- Esperanto: “Imo Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Imo”
- Esperanto: “ŝtato Imo”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Imo”
- Estonian: “Imo osariik”
- Finnish: “Imo”
- French: “Etat d’Imo”
- French: “État d’Imo”
- French: “Imo”
- Fulah: “Imo”
- Galician: “Estado de Imo”
- Georgian: “იმოს შტატი”
- German: “Imo”
- German: “NG-IM”
- Greek: “Ίμο”
- Gujarati: “ઇમો સ્ટેટ”
- Hausa: “Imo”
- Hausa: “Jahar Imo”
- Hebrew: “אימו”
- Hindi: “इमो राज्य”
- Hindi: “इमो स्टेट”
- Hungarian: “Imo állam”
- Igala: “Imo State”
- Igbo: “Imo Steetị”
- Igbo: “Ọ̀hà Ímò”
- Igbo: “Ora Imo”
- Igbo: “steeti imo”
- Indonesian: “Imo”
- Italian: “Imo”
- Japanese: “イモ州”
- Kannada: “ಇಮೋ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Kanuri: “Imo state”
- Korean: “이모주”
- Latvian: “Imo štats”
- Latvian: “Imo”
- Lithuanian: “Imo valstija”
- Malay: “Imo State”
- Marathi: “इमो राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Imo Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Imo State”
- Northern Frisian: “Imo (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Imo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imo”
- Norwegian: “Imo”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Imo State”
- Obolo: “Imo”
- Persian: “ایالت ایمو”
- Polish: “Imo”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Imo”
- Portuguese: “Imo”
- Romanian: “Statul Imo”
- Russian: “Имо”
- Serbian: “Имо”
- Sindhi: “ايمو رياست”
- Sinhala: “ඉමෝ ප්රාන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ඉමෝ රාජ්ය”
- Slovenian: “Imo”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایمو ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Imo”
- Spanish: “Imo”
- Swahili: “Imo State”
- Swahili: “Imo”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Imo”
- Swedish: “Imo”
- Tamil: “இமோ மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “ఇమో నగరం”
- Telugu: “ఇమో స్టేట్”
- Thai: “อีโม”
- Tumbuka: “Imo State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Imo Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Imo”
- Ukrainian: “Імо”
- Urdu: “امو اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “امو ریاست”
- Uzbek: “Imo shtati”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Imo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imo (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imo”
- Western Mari: “Имо”
- Yoruba: “Imo State”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Imo”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Imo”
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