South East Nigeria
Imo State
Owerri Municipal

Owerri

Owerri city is the capital of Imo State, . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dan Anyiam Stadium and Akachi Monument.

Stadium
is a Nigerian multi-purpose stadium located in Owerri, .

Monument
Photo: Alagboso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was a towering sculpture located along Aba Road in Owerri, Imo State, in southeastern . Built on a reclaimed dumpsite, the structure stood over 40 feet tall.

Owerri

Latitude
5.4897° or 5° 29′ 23″ north
Longitude
7.0342° or 7° 2′ 3″ east
Population
402,000
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
IATA airport code
QOW
United Nations Location Code
NG OWE
Open location code
6FQ9F2QM+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2469246094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2325330
Wiki­data ID
Q583619
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Owerri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوري”
  • Arabic: “أويري”
  • Armenian: “Օվերի”
  • Asturian: “Òwèrè”
  • Asturian: “Owerri”
  • Belarusian: “Аверы”
  • Bengali: “ওঁয়েরি”
  • Catalan: “Owerri”
  • Cebuano: “Owerri”
  • Chinese: “奥韦里”
  • Chinese: “奧韋里”
  • Croatian: “Owerri”
  • Czech: “Owerri”
  • Danish: “Owerri”
  • Dutch: “Owerri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اويرى”
  • Esperanto: “Owerri”
  • Finnish: “Owerri”
  • French: “Owerri”
  • Galician: “Owerri”
  • German: “Owerri”
  • Greek: “Οβέρι”
  • Gujarati: “ઓવેરી”
  • Hausa: “Owerri”
  • Hebrew: “אוורי”
  • Hindi: “ओवेरी”
  • Hungarian: “Owerri”
  • Igbo: “Òwèrè”
  • Igbo: “Owẹrrẹ”
  • Igbo: “Owerri”
  • Indonesian: “Owerri”
  • Irish: “Owerri”
  • Italian: “Owerri”
  • Japanese: “オウェリ”
  • Kannada: “ಓವೆರಿ”
  • Korean: “오웨리”
  • Latvian: “Overi”
  • Lithuanian: “Overis”
  • Malagasy: “Owerri”
  • Malay: “Owerri”
  • Marathi: “ओवेरी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Owerri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Owerri”
  • Norwegian: “Owerri”
  • Persian: “اووری”
  • Polish: “Owerri”
  • Portuguese: “Owerri”
  • Romanian: “Owerri”
  • Russian: “Оверри”
  • Serbian: “Овери”
  • Sinhala: “ඔවෙරි”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اووری”
  • Spanish: “Owerri”
  • Swahili: “Owerri”
  • Swedish: “Owerri”
  • Tamil: “ஓவெற்றி”
  • Tatar: “Оверри”
  • Telugu: “ఓవెర్రి”
  • Thai: “โอเวริ”
  • Turkish: “Owerri”
  • Ukrainian: “Оверрі”
  • Urdu: “اوویری”
  • Venetian: “Owerri”
  • Vietnamese: “Owerri”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Owerri”
  • Welsh: “Owerri”
  • Yoruba: “Owerri”

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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 “Owerri”. Photo: Ifeanyireed, CC BY-SA 4.0.