Awka

Awka
Wuri
6°12′N 7°04′E / 6.2°N 7.07°E / 6.2; 7.07
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Najeriya
Jihohin Najeriya	Jahar Anambra
Babban birnin	Jahar Anambra
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	301,657 (2006)
Labarin ƙasa
Sun raba iyaka da	Nibo (en)
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC+01:00

Awka (Harshen Igbo: Ọka)^[1] birni ne, da ke a jihar Anambra, a ƙasar Nijeriya. Shi ne babban birnin jihar Anambra. Bisa ga ƙidayar jama'a a shekarar 2006, jimilar mutane 301,657 (dubu dari uku da ɗaya da dari shida da hamsin da bakwai). An ayyana yawan jama'a a 2018 akalla mutum miliyan 2.5. An gina birnin Awka a karni na 19. Birnin na da nisan kilomita 199.1 (123.7 mi) ta titi kai tsaye har zuwa arewacin Portharcourt.^[2]

Babban titin West-East Federal highway ta hade Birnin Awka da garuruwa kamar Lagos, Benin City, Asaba da Enugu, sannan wasu kananan hanyoyi sun hada birnin da garuruwa da dama kamar Oko ,Ekwulobia, Agulu, Enugwu-Ukwu, Abagana da kuma Nnewi.

A tsarence, Awka na nan a tsakiyar muhimman garuruwan Inyamurai guda biya na arewacin kasar Igbo, watau Onitsha da Enugu, wanda suka taka muhimmin rawa a zabenta a matsayin cibiyar gudanarwa na lokacin turawan mulkin mallaka da kuma a yanzu a matsayin babban birnin jihar Anambara.

1. ↑ Egbokhare, Francis O.; Oyetade, S. Oluwole (2002). Harmonization and standardization of Nigerian languages. CASAS. p. 106. ISBN 1-919799-70-2.
2. ↑ "Map Showing Port Harcourt And Awka with Distance Indicator". Globalfeed.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.