Igboland (Igbo language: Àlà Ị̀gbò) is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.
Maps of Igboland showing Igbo areas and some neighboring tribes, groups
Igbo people are a cultural and common linguistic region in southern Nigeria.
Home states
Igboland comprises several southern Nigerian states. These include Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. A sizable Igbo population is also found in Delta and Rivers States.
Other places with large Igbo populations
Large ethnic Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and outside Africa.
Central chiefdoms
Nri
Aro
Agbor
Onitsha
Subgroups
Subgroupings includes the Anioma and Enuani, the Umueri-Aguleri-Anam groups, the Ngwa, the Orlu-Okigwe-Owerri communities, the Ezza, the Ikwuano-Umuahia (these include Ohuhu, Ubakala, Oboro, Ibeku, etc.), the Ogba, the Omuma, the Abam-Aro-Ohafia (Abiriba and Nkporo), the Waawa, the Mbaise, the Ndoki, the Isu and the Ekpeye.
Neighbouring tribes
Igala, Tiv, Yako, Idoma and Ibibio.