Onitsha

Onitsha is a city of 1.5 million people in , Southeast Nigeria. Onitsha can claim two distinctions. First, it is said to have the largest market in Africa in terms of volume of goods and geographical size.
  • City with about 1,480,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (210 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code QNI
  • …is also known as “Onicha”
  • Description: City in Anambra state, Nigeria

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nkpor.
is a town in local government area of Anambra state.
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Latitude
6.1462° or 6° 8′ 46″ north
Longitude
6.8019° or 6° 48′ 7″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG QNI and NG ONI
Open location code
6FR84RW2+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Onitsha” goes by many names.
أونيتشاArabic
ՕնիչաArmenian
OnitshaAsturian
ওনিৎসাঁBengali
OnitshaBreton
ОнитшаBulgarian
ОничаBulgarian
OnitshaCatalan
OnitshaCebuano
奥尼查Chinese
奧尼查Chinese
OnitshaCroatian
OnitshaCzech
OnitshaDagbani
OnitshaDanish
OnitshaDutch
اونيتشاEgyptian Arabic
OniĉjoEsperanto
OnitshaEsperanto
ÖnïcaEstonian
OnitshaEstonian
OnitshaFinnish
OnitshaFulah
ΟνίτσαGreek
ઓનિષાGujarati
OnitshaHausa
אוניטשהHebrew
ओनिचाHindi
OnitshaHungarian
OnịchạIgbo
Ọ̀nị̀chà MmílíIgbo
OnitshaIndonesian
OnitshaIrish
OnitshaItalian
オニチャJapanese
ಒನಿತ್ಶಾKannada
오니차Korean
OničaLatvian
OničaLithuanian
ОничаMacedonian
OnitshaMalagasy
OnitshaMalay
ओनिंशाMarathi
OnitshaNigerian Pidgin
OnitshaNorwegian
OnitshaNorwegian Bokmål
OnitshaNorwegian Nynorsk
اونیتشاPersian
OnitshaPolish
OnitshaRomanian
ОничаRussian
اونيشاSindhi
ඔනිට්ශාSinhala
OnitshaSlovak
OnitshaSwahili
OnitshaSwedish
யோனிட்க்ஷTamil
వోనిట్షTelugu
โอนิทชาThai
OnitshaTurkish
A̱ni̱caTyap
ОнічаUkrainian
اونیتشاUrdu
OnitshaVenetian
OnitshaVietnamese
OnitshaWaray (Philippines)
OnitshaWelsh
OnitshaYoruba

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