Igbo (people)
Location of Location of the Igbo homeland (dark green)
in Nigeria (green) |
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (c. 34 million (2016 est.)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nigeria 33 million (2016) |
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| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Primarily Christianity, sometimes syncretised with indigenous Igbo religion and belief systems, minority Islam. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cross River groups of southeastern Nigeria (Ibibio, Efik, Annang, Ogoni); more remotely the YEAI group within Volta-Niger. |
in Nigeria (green)
The Igbo people (English: /ˈɪɡboʊ/; Igbo or Ibo. In some historical books and past literatures they have also been referred to as Iboe, Ebo, Eboe,Eboans, and Heebo. Natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò [ìɡ͡bò]) are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River – an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section. The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
The Igbo language is divided into numerous regional dialects, and somewhat mutually intelligible with the larger "Igboid" cluster. The Igbo homeland straddles the lower Niger River, east and south of the Edoid and Idomoid groups, and west of the Ibibioid (Cross River) cluster.
In rural Nigeria, Igbo people work mostly as craftsmen, farmers and traders. The most important crop is the yam. Other staple crops include cassava and taro. The Igbos are also highly urbanized, with some of the largest metropolitan areas, cities and towns in Igboland being Onitsha, Enugu, Aba, Owerri, Orlu, Okigwe, Asaba, Awka, Nsukka, Nnewi, Umuahia, Abakaliki, Afikpo, Agbor and Arochukwu.
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