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Egbuoma Autonomous Community Oguta LGA, IMO State

Egbuoma community is an ancient kingdom, predating back to the 15th centuries. It is located in Orlu, IMO state, Nigeria, West Africa. A kingdom with the largest landmass until recent visitors where allotted parts of its inhabited lands. Ogwunta, now called Oguta is an extraction of Egbuoma, Ossemotor, Ndieyemobi, parts Of Uli down to Anambra University was all lands collected from this Ancient Kingdom.

Neighbors: Egbuoma share boundaries with Uli, Ossemoto, Oguta, Ozara, Ohapku, and Amuoka communities.

Components: Its is made up of twenty Villages and could be divided into six zones: Ihite-Egbu, Aro-Egbu, Odideh, Umbaramehi, Ubokum and Ubahudara.

Kingship: The seat of power is located in Ubahudara, with the Ogbuehi Family Head as king ( EzeAnogbumba X). While 20 Ndiehie, represent various villages to make up the Igwe cabinets

Markets: Egbuoma has four markets days, Afor, orie, eke, nkwo. The chief market day is the Afor market day where traders from neighbouring communities come to buy and sale.

Education: There are two secondary schools in Egbuoma namely, Egbuoma Secondary School and Holy Trinity International Academy, and many Primary schools, among which is the Nkwo-egbu Primary school, Central school and St. Columba Primary School. The people is highly educated with minimum educational level of university for its youths.

Religion: The people of Egbuoma are predominantly Christians, divided within the line of Catholicism, Anglican and Pentecostalism.

Occupation: majority of the people of Egbuoma residing in the community are Farmers, while few are traders and artisans.

Notable personalities of Egbuoma includes Prof. Anthony Awukah, Col. Uwapeh, Cani Ohaebosim, PC Bolingo,Anthony and Bob Obikudu, and host of many more within and outside the Continent of Africa.

Problems Of Egbuoma: The community is bedeviled by total power blackout. The inability of the power distributive company to supply electricity to this community has grounded its economic and developmental strives. Bad Road Network: The inability of various government to build roads has not only reduced the community to ancient, but has also made it most impossible for the community to develop. Absence of a daily market and many other issues has reduced the community to ancient in comparison to neighbouring communities like Oguta.

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