BRIEF HISTORY OF UMUCHU TOWN.
Umuchu is a border town between Anambra and Imo State of Nigeria. It lies on the southwestern extremity of the present Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. It is bounded on the south by Arondizuogu, Umualaoma and Akokwa in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State on the north, and northwest by Achina and Enugu Umuonyia respectively , in the west by Uga and Amesi, and in the east by Umuomaku, Umunze and Agho-Mmili River. It is about 8.5 kilometers from Uga at the Junction between Awka-Orlu-Okigwe-Onitsha roads. The town is located on a table land at a height of about 180 meters above sea level, which shelves down a valley eastwards where Umuomaku and Umunze are situated. The town has an estimated land area of 48.6 square kilometres with an estimated population of 310,000 making her one of the most thickly populated communities in Aguata Local Government Area. Umuchu is made up of three major traditional village-groups (section): namely, Ihitenato, Amanasaa and Okpu-na-A...
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