Eastern Region

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Eastern Region was one of the major administrative divisions of the First Republic of Nigeria, encompassing much of the country’s southeastern area and serving as a key political and economic center before later state creations.

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Label Occurrences
Eastern Region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region of Nigeria ⓘ
abolishedInYear 1967 ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mid-Western Region (Nigeria) ⓘ
Northern Region (Nigeria) ⓘ
Western Region (Nigeria) ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
capital Enugu ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
currency Nigerian pound ⓘ
dissolvedBy creation of 12 states in Nigeria in 1967 ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup Igbo people ⓘ
economicActivity palm produce ⓘ
petroleum production ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
establishedInYear 1954 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Efik people ⓘ
Ibibio people ⓘ
Ijaw people ⓘ
Ogoja groups ⓘ
executiveHeadTitle Premier ⓘ
existedDuring First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
governmentType regional government within federal Nigeria ⓘ
historicalRole key political center in First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
major economic hub in southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
legislature Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
majorCity Aba ⓘ
Calabar ⓘ
Enugu ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
Owerri ⓘ
Umuahia ⓘ
Uyo ⓘ
notablePremier Michael Okpara ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partlyOverlaps territory of the secessionist state of Biafra ⓘ
partOf First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
predecessor Eastern Region of colonial Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
relatedEvent Nigerian Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Biafran secession
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantRiver Cross River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
succeededBy East Central State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
South-Eastern State ⓘ
timePeriod 1960–1967 ⓘ
widelySpokenLanguage Igbo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Republic of Nigeria → hadRegion → Eastern Region ⓘ