Visit Awgu

Enjoy culture and nature, where what we eat are fresh. And we also have graet places to visit and our yam festival is second to none.

Yam festival

Ikeji Awgu is held for two market days, Eke and Olie and always on Friday and Saturday. On the Saturday, Olie Market day, which is the Awgu market day, the celebration is taken to the market; that is “Ipu ahia,” which is Ikeji outing. That is where the masquerade and other cultural displays are held.

NYSC camp Awgu

NYSC Orientation Camp, Awgu is located in Awgu. It is about 200 meters away from the Local Government Secretariat. Their parade ground is the Local Government open field.

One of the Hotels in Awgu

Mgbowo is a village and a town in Awgu local government area of Enugu State Nigeria. They are known for farming of yams , cassava, beans and palm trees, they are mostly populated and dominated by the Igbos. Mgbowo has Luxury and affordable Hotels in the town.

This is the popular Orie Market

Orie Market is located in Awgu town. It is a big market that operates once in four days as one of the market days but now it is under reconstruction into the modern day market and it has also been made a daily market which will now bring more development to Awgu and the people of Awgu.

Your guide

"Awgu is marked by extensive hills especially in the western flank and lowland in the eastern side. These hills have steep slopes and could attain an altitude of about 350–400 meters above sea level with mean slope angle of 15o and a modal class of 11o. Awgu is drained mainly by seasonal finger-like springs and streams. They dry up during the dry season (November- March) and yield more water in the wet season (April to October). Most of the streams obtain their source from top of the hills and flow downhill". The major economic activity for majority of the population is subsistence farming and crops such as cassava, yam, cocoyam, vegetables, maize, etc. are grown. Bush fallowing, mixed cropping and shifting cultivation are some of their farming practices. Livestock rearing is also common among some of the people. Palm wine extraction and stone quarrying are other economic activities also undertaken in Awgu. Orie is our popular market.

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