Ezza North

Ezza North
LGA
Interactive map of Ezza North
Country	Nigeria
State	Ebonyi State
Capital	Ebiaji
Government
• Member of House of Representatives	Anayo Edwin Nwonu
• Member of State House of Assembly	Nwobashi Joseph
Area
• Total	305 km2 (118 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	145,619
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Ezza North Listen^ⓘ is a local government area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is at Ebiaji town. It has an area of 305 km² and a population of 145,619 at the 2006 census.

It is a predominantly Igbo town inhabited by the Ezza and the Orring people of Idzem (Amuda) and Okpolo (Okpomoro) extraction.¹

The postal code of the area is 482.²

Ezza North was created in 1996 alongside other LGAs in the then new Ebonyi State. It used to be part of old Ezza Local Government Area before its creation.

In Ezza North, the rainy season is usually warm, humid, and cloudy, while the dry season is hot, sticky, and partly cloudy. Throughout the year, temperatures generally range from about 18 °C (64 °F) to 33 °C (91 °F), and it is uncommon for them to rise above 33 °C (92 °F) .³ Ezza North LGA experiences two main seasons: the rainy season and the dry season. The area has an average temperature of about 27 °C (81 °F), and its humidity level generally stays around 69%. ⁴⁵

The primary occupation of the residents of Ezza North LGA is farming, where crops including rice, yam, cassava, and cocoyam are farmed in significant amounts.  With the LGA housing a number of marketplaces, including the Eke Imoha market, which offers a venue for the exchange of a range of goods and services in the region, trade also flourishes there.³⁶