Onitsha (nga)

Onitsha

Onitsha ranks 2,296th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Decatur, Georgia, Nashua, New Hampshire, and Fulda. Memorable people born in Onitsha include Francis Arinze, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Francis Obikwelu. Onitsha has been the birth place of many athletes and soccer players. Onitsha is located in Nigeria.

Onitsha is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. It is one of the largest metropolitan area in Nigeria with a fast growing population. It hosts the Onitsha Main Market, the largest market in Africa in terms of geographical size and volume of goods. Onitsha and neighboring Asaba on the western bank of the Niger River form a continuous metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia