Owerri

Owerri city is the capital of , . 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 University of Education, and several secondary and primary schools.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: 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…

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
UN/LOCODE
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 Amharic to Yoruba—“Owerri” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦወሪ”
  • Arabic: “أوري”
  • Arabic: “أويري”
  • Armenian: “Օվերի”
  • Asturian: “Owerri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Owerri”
  • Belarusian: “Аверы”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েরি”
  • 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”
  • Indonesian: “Owerri”
  • Irish: “Owerri”
  • Italian: “Owerri”
  • Japanese: “オウェリ”
  • Javanese: “Owerri”
  • Kannada: “ಓವೆರಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Оверри”
  • Kirghiz: “Оверри”
  • Korean: “오웨리”
  • Latvian: “Overi”
  • Lithuanian: “Overis”
  • Malagasy: “Owerri”
  • Malay: “Owerri”
  • Marathi: “ओवेरी”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Owerri”
  • Northern Frisian: “Owerri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Owerri”
  • Norwegian: “Owerri”
  • Oromo: “Owerri”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਵੇਰੀ”
  • Persian: “اوری”
  • Persian: “اووری”
  • Polish: “Owerri”
  • Portuguese: “Owerri”
  • Pushto: “اویری”
  • Romanian: “Owerri”
  • Russian: “Оверри”
  • Serbian: “Овери”
  • Sinhala: “ඔවෙරි”
  • Somali: “Owerri”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اووری”
  • Spanish: “Owerri”
  • Swahili: “Owerri”
  • Swedish: “Owerri”
  • Tajik: “Оверри”
  • Tamil: “ஓவெற்றி”
  • Tatar: “Оверри”
  • Telugu: “ఓవెర్రి”
  • Thai: “โอเวริ”
  • Turkish: “Owerri”
  • Ukrainian: “Оверрі”
  • Urdu: “اوویری”
  • Uzbek: “Owerri”
  • Venetian: “Owerri”
  • Vietnamese: “Owerri”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Owerri”
  • Welsh: “Owerri”
  • Yoruba: “Owerri”

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