Biggest town in Anambra state in terms of population and facts to know about it
Anambra is well known all across Nigeria due to the number of billionaires who originate from this state and its cities. Would you like to know the name of the biggest town in Anambra State?
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Towns in Anambra state
Located in the South-Eastern part of the country, Anambra State has many wonderful natural resources and amazing arable lands that make it possible for the local government to offer good jobs for local people, allow businesses to develop, and economics to grow.
There are many successful towns in Anambra State. For example, there is a popular town of billionaires (as it is called) Nnewi, a capital city Awka, and economically developed Anambra towns of Ekwulobia and Onitsa.
Which town is the biggest town in Anambra State in 2018? Is it the local capital or another place? This is the question we would like to answer below.
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Onitsha; photo: imeobionitsha.org
The largest town in Anambra state
It is true that the whole territory of Anambra has many resources such as bauxite, natural gas, ceramic, wonderful soils, numerous agro activities (farming, fisheries, etc.) and crude oil. This is the main reason why the local level of unemployment is relatively low if compared to other states in Nigeria.
Experts assure that local annual population growth reaches more than 2 percent with most of the people here enjoying the urban areas and not huge cities. Still, it is curious to know which place attracts the most residents and can be called the largest town in Anambra.
As for the biggest town in Anambra State, it is Onitsha. This place used to be a port ever since the ancient times (even before Nigeria became the colony of Great Britain). Onitsha has been developing for many years and finally have grown into a big urban territory which has the biggest population among all other towns in Anambra State.
Onitsha market; photo: inlandtown.com
If back in the 1960s, this was not a huge town with approximately 70,000-80,000 people, now the situation has changed. Onitsha has become a big commercial and industrial center with a river port, many opportunities for education and growth. It accounted more than 500,000 people back in 2001, and the metropolitan population reached more than 1 million people (who didn't live here but visited to study, work, and shop).
According to population.city, the city’s population reached more than 1.1 million residents in 2015, and it is expected to even reach over 1.4 million people by the end of 2018.
Boasting the biggest market not just in Anambra, but in the whole Western part of Africa, Onitsha attracts millions of customers from different countries, including Nigeria, to shop locally and support the state’s economy. This market also makes this city attractive to job seekers who can potentially become new residents and increase the local population even more.
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Now you know which town is the biggest town in Anambra State these days, and it’s not the capital city. No, there is a place which attracts hundreds of thousands of people from all across the state and even different corners of Nigeria.
Since the largest town in Anambra State continues to develop and grow, it has many chances to boast even more residents in a couple of years from now.
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Source: Legit.ng
