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Umuahia is the capital city of Abia State in southeastern Nigeria. It has a population of 147,167. The city's slogan is "Spring of Synergy."
History
Umuahia became the first industrial city in Igboland during the First Republic.It was declared the second capital of the short-lived nation of the Republic of Biafra on 28 September, 1967 after the first capital Enugu was captured by Nigerian troops; after it was captured in turn on 22 April, 1969, the last Biafran capital became Owerri.
The National War Museum is located in Umuahia.
Notable people from Umuahia
One of its prominent son's is Michael Iheonukara Okpara, the former premier of Eastern Region of Nigeria. Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the first Nigerian GOC and military Head of state, is also from the town. Stephen Ama Achilefu, first personnel officer of now defunct Nigeria Airways who was murdered during the Biafran War after a meeting with Yakubu Gowon also hails from Umuahia.References
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