Tazama chanzo cha Owerri

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|jina_rasmi= Owerri
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|map_caption = Map of Nigeria showing the location of Owerri in Nigeria. 
|subdivision_type = State
|subdivision_name = [[Imo State]]
|leader_title = State Governor
|leader_name =[[Chief Ikedi Ohakim]]
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|area_total_km2 = 104|area_land_km2 = 130|area_water_km2 = 20
|population_as_of = 2007
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|population_total = 5.5million
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|population_metro = 3.5million
|area_metro_km2 = 100
|population_density_km2 = 1400
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'''Owerri''' ni [[mji]] katika kusini mashariki mwa [[Nigeria]]. Ni [[mji mkuu]] wa [[Jimbo la Imo]] na iko katika moyo wa [[Waigbo|Igboland]]. <ref name="britannica">{{cite web | title = "Encyclopædia Britannica" | url = http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9057801 | 2007-04-07}}</ref> Sasa ina wakazi takriban 5,408,800 <ref name="world gazetteer">{{cite web | title = "The World Gazetteer" | url = http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=343818702 | accessdate = 2007-04-07 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223104/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=343818702 | archivedate = 2007-09-27 |  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223104/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=343818702 }}</ref> na ukubwa wake ni takriban{{convert|40|sqmi|km2}}. 
imepakana na [[Mto Otamiri]] mashariki na [[Mto Nworie]] kusini. <ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Water+quality+studies+of+Nworie+River+in+Owerri,+Nigeria.-a0199604520
 |title=Water quality studies of Nworie River in Owerri, Nigeria
 |author=Alex D.W. Acholonu
 |publisher=Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 |date=2008
 |accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref>

Alama ya Owerri ni ''Heartland.'' Sasa inafahamika kama mji mkuu wa burudani wa Nigeria na ni nyumbani kwa mrembo wa mwaka anayeitwa "Miss Heartland".

== Historia ==
Owerri ilikuwa mji mkuu wa [[Jamhuri]] ya [[Biafra]] mwaka wa 1969. Mji mkuu wa jimbo hili lilikuwa linabadilishwa baada ya askari wa Nigeria kuteka miji ya zamani. [[Enugu, Aba]], [[Umuahia]] na miji mingine mikuu ilikuwa kabla ya Owerri.

== Mtawala wa jadi ==
Mheshimiwa Eze Dr Emmanuel Emenyonu Njemanze ni Ozuruigbo wa sasa wa Owerri. Kiti cha Eze Owerekilianzishwa katika karne ya 14 wakati wa kwanza wa jadi Owerri mtawala, Eze Eke Onunwa mara alipochaguliwa. Watawala wengine wa jadi katika ukoo wa kifalme ni Eze Okorie Onunwa, Eze Njemanze Okorie Onunwa, Ihemeji Njemanze Iheanacho, Eze Johnson Osuji Njemanze na Eze Onwuegbuchlem Njemanze.

== Usafiri na Biashara ==
Owerri ina uwanja wa ndege {{convert|14|mi|km}} kusini mashariki mwa mji, uitwayo [[Uwanja wa ndege wa IMO ]]ambao unatoa huduma [[Abuja, Lagos,Bahari la Harcourt]], na [[Enugu.]] Sasa,unafanya kai kama msaidizi wa[[Bahari la Harcourt]], lakini hautumiki kwa madhumuni ya kimataifa. Baadhi ya barabara kuu ambazo zinapitia mjini huu ni Barabara za; Bahari Harcourt , Aba , Onitsha , Na Okigwe. Barabara zilizo ndani ya mji ni barabara; Douglas , Weathral , Tetlow , Na Ujenzi .Soko la Eke Ukwu Owere ni soko kuu katika Owerri.

Owerri iko katika [[msitu]] wa [[mvua]] na inazalisha mazao mengi ya kilimo, kama vile [[viazi vikuu, mihogo, Taro, mahindi, mpira]] na bidhaa{ za 0}mitende .

== Elimu ==
Taasisi za elimu muhimu katika Owerri ni [[Chuo Kikuu cha IMO , Chuo Kikuu cha Teknolojia ya Shirikisho Owerri]], African Taasisi ya Sayansi na Teknolojia (AIST CCE Owerri), Shirikisho la Chuo cha Ardhi na raslimali Oforola, [[Seat hikima Seminari Owerri, Chuo cha Elimu cha Alvan Ikoku, Shirikisho la Chuo cha Wasichana Owerri, Shule ya wasichana ya sekondari Oweri, Shule ya Sekondari ya Serikali Owerri,Shule ya Sekondari ya Maendeleo Oweri,Chuo cha Emmanuel Owerri, Chuo cha Mtakatifu Owerri]], Secondary ya umma Oforola Owerri, Shirikisho Politechni Nekede Owerri, Chuo cha Serikali cha Ufundi Owerri, Shule ya Sekondari ya jeshi Obinze Owerri nk

== Dini ==
Kama Igboland yote, Ukristo ni dini inayoshikilia. [[Waanglikana]] na [[Kanisa Katoliki|Wakatoliki]] ndiyo [[madhehebu]] yenye wafuasi wengi na Owerri ni makao makuu ya [[Jimbo Katoliki la Owerri]] (kwa [[Kilatini]]: Archidioecesis Overriensis) linaloshughulikia eneo la km ² 2,996. 670,986 ya watu milioni 1.7 katika eneo ni wafuasi wa Kanisa Katoliki.

Kiti cha Hekima Seminari kiko Owerri.

==Tazama pia==
* [[Orodha ya miji ya Nigeria]]

== Marejeo ==
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== Viungo vya nje ==
* [http://www.youthfortechnology.org/ Vijana kwa Teknolojia Foundation] 
* [http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=289 YTF News Article] {{Wayback|url=http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=289 |date=20090825105947 }} 

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[[Jamii:Jimbo la Imo]]
[[Jamii:Owerri]]