Eastern Region

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Eastern Region was one of the major administrative divisions of the First Republic of Nigeria, encompassing much of the country’s southeastern area and serving as a key political and economic center before later state creations.

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Eastern Region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region of Nigeria
abolishedInYear 1967
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Western Region (Nigeria)
Northern Region (Nigeria)
Western Region (Nigeria)
linked to: Western Nigeria
capital Enugu
country Nigeria
currency Nigerian pound
dissolvedBy creation of 12 states in Nigeria in 1967
dominantEthnicGroup Igbo people
economicActivity palm produce
petroleum production
trade and commerce
establishedInYear 1954
ethnicGroup Efik people
Ibibio people
Ijaw people
Ogoja groups
executiveHeadTitle Premier
existedDuring First Republic of Nigeria
governmentType regional government within federal Nigeria
historicalRole key political center in First Republic of Nigeria
major economic hub in southeastern Nigeria
legislature Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly
locatedIn southeastern Nigeria
majorCity Aba
Calabar
Enugu
Onitsha
Owerri
Umuahia
Uyo
notablePremier Michael Okpara
Nnamdi Azikiwe
officialLanguage English
partlyOverlaps territory of the secessionist state of Biafra
partOf First Republic of Nigeria
predecessor Eastern Region of colonial Nigeria
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
relatedEvent Nigerian Civil War
linked to: Biafran secession
religion Christianity
significantRiver Cross River
Niger River
succeededBy East Central State
Rivers State
South-Eastern State
timePeriod 1960–1967
widelySpokenLanguage Igbo

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First Republic of Nigeria hadRegion Eastern Region