Uturu

For the province of Sri Lanka, see Northern Province (Uturu Palata).

Uturu is a rural town located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria, in the northern part of Abia State, Nigeria. It is popularly known as a location for several educational institutions and the Marist Brothers community. Schools in Uturu include Abia State University, Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Uturu, Gregory University, and several post-secondary schools.

The population of Uturu has been growing at a high rate over decades, until the last decade. Its present population is over 40,000. It has archaeological importance -in 1977 a team of archaeologists discovered signs of the habitation of early, middle, and late Stone Age Homo erectus.[1]

Uturu is divided into two regions, Ihite and Ikeagha. Ihite comprises Achara and Mba Ugwu (Ugwu-Ogu, Ugwu-Ele, Ngodo, Amegu, Obi-Agu, Nnembi and Aro). Ikeagha comprises Isunabo, Akpukpa, Umumara, Nvurunvu, and Ndundu. In Uturu is the archeological site of Ugwuele, in which was found a huge collection of stone-age implements, suggesting that the site was a major factory for such tools.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chigbu, U.E (2013). Fostering rural sense of place: the missing piece in Uturu, Nigeria Fostering rural sense of place: the missing piece in Uturu, Nigeria. Development In Practice, Vol. 23 (2): pages 264-277. available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09614524.2013.772120
  2. ↑ Ian Shaw, Robert Jameson (1999). "Ugwuele-Uturu". A dictionary of archaeology. John Wiley and Sons. p. 594. ISBN 0-631-17423-0Uturu is believed to have married Nnebo and they had seven children; six sons and one daughter. The sons are: Achara, Akpukpa, Isunabo, Umumara, Nvurunvu, and Ndundu. And their daughters name was Nne Mbu now known as Nnembi. Nne Mbu went on to have these children: Ugwu-Ogu, Ugwu-Ele, Ngodo, Amegu, Obi-Agu and Aro; they are known as Mba Ugwu.

Coordinates: 5°51′21″N 7°30′43″E / 5.85583°N 7.51194°E / 5.85583; 7.51194

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