Umuahia is the capital of Abia State, on the railway between Port Harcourt and Enugu, and by the popular account its name comes from Ama Ahia, "market place". Its two local governments are made of the Ibeku, Ohuhu, Umuopara, Ubakala and Olokoro clans, and the city's landmarks include Abia Tower, Mater Dei Cathedral, the Federal Medical Centre and the National War Museum, which has its own entry beside this one. Government College Umuahia opened in 1929 at Umudike as a colonial teacher-training institution and became one of Nigeria's storied schools, with Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo and Ken Saro-Wiwa among its alumni; the correction in the dossier stands here too, that the school is at Umudike on the Umuahia boundary rather than in the township. The statue of Michael Okpara, premier of the Eastern Region from 1959 to 1966, stands in the city, and the Amakama wooden cave is nearby in its own entry. Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons: Abia Tower, Umuahia - Segunfodeke, CC BY-SA 3.0. The statue of Michael Okpara, Umuahia - Emmanuel Eluwa, CC BY-SA 4.0. The post office at Ubakala - Olaniyan Olushola, CC BY-SA 4.0. Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
What to see
Abia Tower
The tower that stands for the state capital in the city's skyline.
The statue of Michael Okpara
The statue of the premier of the Eastern Region from 1959 to 1966, in the city he governed from.
Mater Dei Cathedral
The cathedral among the capital's landmarks.
Government College Umuahia
The school that opened at Umudike in 1929, whose alumni include Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo and Ken Saro-Wiwa.
The post office at Ubakala
The post office at Ubakala, in Umuahia South, photographed for the Abia set.
Its address is /tourism/umuahia on www.buzzbuntu.com.