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National Census of Nigeria carried out in 1991 puts n the provisional population of Abia State at 1,976,805. Out of this figure, 920,268 are males and 956,434 are females.
In almost all local government areas of Abia State, the population of females is more than that of males except in Aba area (Aba North and Aba South LGAs) where the population of males is more than that of females. Settlement Pattern: Abia State has two main urban centres, namely: Umuahia and Aba. Umuahia, the state capital, has become the administrative , educational and cultural centre of the state. In addition, the city is located at the centre of an extensive agricultural region which covers most of the central part of Abia State. It is also strategically located along a well established north-south trading and transportation route. The village is the traditional unit of settlement in Abia State like any other lgbo speaking community. The people are good farmers and keen business men. The dispersed type of village settlement is traditional among the lgbos. Each homestead is made up of houses arranged in an oblong form around a compound. At the gate or in the middle of the compound is a shrine for the gods. The hut of the head of the household is separated from those of his wives and other adult members of the household. Compounds in lgbo communities are walled, thus separating one compound from the other. Traditional houses are built of local materials such as clay for the walls and roofed with mat or thatch or, in more recent times, with corrugated aluminum sheets as a demonstration of increasing prosperity. The Problem Of Urban Primacy:
The town is accessible by road from all parts of the eastern states (Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Rivers, Akwa lbom, Anambra and Enugu States). Aba is one of the railway stations on the eastern railway. It has the largest concentration of people in the state. It is the largest commercial centre in the state with the famous Ariaria Market sited west of the town, close to the Port-Harcourt-Enugu Expressway. Besides, there is the Ngwa Market, the Cemetery Market and virtually every street in Aba has its share of the business activities for which the town is known. There is a good number of both public and private industrial establishments as well as financial institutions As a result of the primate role enjoyed by Aba in the hierarchy of settlements in the state, enormous environmental problems have become manifest. These include refuse heaps, traffic congestion, overcrowding of residential areas, and the pollution of water bodies. |
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