Ihiala

Ihiala is a town in the southern part of Anambra State in Nigeria, within the region known as Igboland. It has long served as the local administrative capital of the Ihiala Local Government Area in the Anambra South Senatorial District, an area of about 430,800 people that also includes towns such as Amorka, Azia, Lilu, Okija, Mbosi, Isseke, Orsumoghu, Ubuluisuzor and Uli. Each town in the area is autonomous under its own traditional rulers. The local economy depends on agriculture, with vegetables, cassava, yams and cocoyams widely grown, and on trade in markets such as Nkwo Okija and Nkwogbe. The area borders Nnewi to the north-west and Ekwusigo to the west, Imo State to the east and Delta State to the south.