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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:district
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gptkbp:area
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about 29,484 square miles
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gptkbp:capital
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Enugu
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Nigeria
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gptkbp:created
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1954
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1967
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Ogoja
gptkb:Efik
gptkb:Ijaw
gptkb:Ogoni
gptkb:Ibibio
Igbo
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gptkbp:governor
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gptkb:Chukwuemeka_Odumegwu_Ojukwu
gptkb:Francis_Akanu_Ibiam
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Old Eastern Region
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gptkbp:notableCity
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gptkb:Arochukwu
gptkb:Bende
gptkb:Oguta
gptkb:Okigwe
gptkb:Ikom
gptkb:Obubra
gptkb:Ogoja
gptkb:Aba
gptkb:Eket
gptkb:Ikot_Abasi
gptkb:Ikot_Ekpene
gptkb:Itu
gptkb:Oron
gptkb:Ugep
gptkb:Port_Harcourt
gptkb:Ahoada
gptkb:Bonny
gptkb:Degema
gptkb:Opobo
gptkb:Nsukka
gptkb:Afikpo
Abakaliki
Calabar
Enugu
Onitsha
Owerri
Umuahia
Uyo
Yenagoa
Brass
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Biafran secession (1967)
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:population
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over 12 million (1963 census)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Eastern Provinces
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Rivers_State
gptkb:East_Central_State
gptkb:South-Eastern_State
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ogoja
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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