The Republic
Enugu State

Enugu State · Sub-category

Geography & Borders

Measurements#
  • Land area: 7,161 km² — 30th largest of 37 jurisdictions
  • Local government areas: 17 — 25th of 37
  • Population (2006 census, the last held): 3,257,298 — 22nd of 37
  • Density: ~455 people per km² on 2006 figures — 7th of 37
Borders#
Within Nigeria#
  • Anambra
  • Kogi
  • Benue
  • Ebonyi
  • Abia
  • Imo
Terrain#

The Udi and Nsukka escarpments over the Anambra coal basin — the geology on which the colonial state built Enugu, the railway to Port Harcourt, and the 1949 shootings.

References

Sources#
  • National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria Statistical Fact Sheets (land area)
  • National Population Commission, 2006 Census, gazetted figures
  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, First Schedule Part I (LGA count)
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.