Ekwulumili
town in Nnewi South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria
Ekwulumili is a town in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. It shares boundaries in the north with the town of Igbo-Ukwu, in the south with the towns of Osumenyi and Akwa-Ihedi, in the east with the towns of Unubi and Ezinifite, and in the west with the town of Amichi.
The geographical coordinates for Ekwulumili are 5.97N latitude, 7.02E longitude and 140 metres (459 feet) above sea level.
Among schools, festivals and other cultural institutions, Ekwulumili is the future home to a National Craft Centre.
The public source identifies “Ekwulumili” as town in Nnewi South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ekwulumili, town and Nnewi.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5350636. Authority coordinates are 5.979, 7.019. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ekwulumili” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.