Nigeria
South East Nigeria
Imo State

Orlu

Orlu is 's second largest city after Owerri. It has a long history and played a critical role as the headquarters for the Organisation of African Unity's humanitarian relief agencies during the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War.
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  • Type: Town with 9,350 residents
  • Description: a local government in imo state, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Awlu”, “Olu”, and “Orlu, Imo”

Orlu

Latitude
5.7958° or 5° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
7.0335° or 7° 2′ 1″ east
Population
9,350
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Open location code
6FQ9Q2WM+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501528686
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2325725
Wiki­data ID
Q3508985
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Orlu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Orlu (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Orlu”
  • Chinese: “Orlu”
  • Chinese: “奥尔吕”
  • Chinese: “奧爾呂”
  • Chinese: “奧盧”
  • Dutch: “Orlu”
  • French: “Orlu”
  • Hausa: “Orlu (Nijeriya)”
  • Hausa: “Orlu”
  • Hungarian: “Orlu”
  • Igbo: “orlu”
  • Italian: “Orlu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Orlu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Orlu”
  • Romanian: “Orlu”
  • Russian: “Орлу”
  • Spanish: “Orlu”
  • Swahili: “Olu”
  • Swahili: “Orlu”
  • Yoruba: “Orlu, Ipinle Imo”
  • Yoruba: “Orlu”

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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 “Orlu”. Photo: Benedict Uchenna, CC BY-SA 4.0.