Nkpor

Nkpor is a town in the Idemili North local government area of Anambra State, Nigeria, with an estimated population of 109,377 in 2007. It is attached to the much larger city of Onitsha on its west, with Oze to the north, Ogidi and Umuoji to the east and Obosi to the south. The name comes from the Igbo word nkpogho, meaning repositioning. Nkpor is known for its farming, including a robust maize variety called akpu aka Nkpor, and in tradition a rich man was recognised by his yam barn and the number of animals in his pen. It is a traditional community that worshiped the ancestral deity Idemmili before the arrival of Christianity, and an average Nkpor indigene is said never to deny a visitor food.