East-Central State (Nigeria)

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Name (Latin)
East-Central State (Nigeria)
Other forms of name
Nigeria. East-Central State
Coordinates
7.494167 7.494167 6.440278 6.440278 (gooearth )
E0073000 E0073000 N0060000 N0060000 (geonames )
Associated country
Nigeria
See Also From tracing place name
Imo State (Nigeria)
Anambra State (Nigeria)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 148128584
Wikidata: Q3511658
Library of congress: n 78019452
Sources of Information
  • Imo State, Nig. Min. of Ed. and Info. Info. Dept. Introducing ... 1976 (info. ref.)p. iii (Imo State and Anambra State created Feb. 3, 1976 from the former East-Central State)
  • Its Info. Div. Enugu, 1973:p. 4 (on May 27, 1967 East-Central State was created)
  • BGN 5/25/82(East-Central State, [former state] 1st order adm. div. 6p0s00ʹN, 7p0s30ʹE; area now part of Anambra State, Imo State)
Wikipedia description:

East Central State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Eastern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Anambra and Imo. The area now comprises five states; Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia. The city of Enugu was the capital of East Central State.

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