Azia

Azia is an Igbo settlement in the forested country south of Onitsha, among the hills and valleys east of the Niger. Its traditions remember a founding ancestor named Azia Alamatugiugele. The surrounding communities cultivated land and maintained their own local institutions and customs. Farther north, routes converged on Onitsha and the crossing of the Niger, connecting the Igbo interior with communities on the western bank.