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Eziorsu is a community on the South bank of the Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria, its one of the foremost territories that witnessed western or European expedition during colonization and used as a gateway by the British to advance into the Igbo hinterland. As at the 1991 census in Nigeria, the population of Eziorsu was estimated at 14,560. It is one of the Oil and Gas producing communities in Imo State, being the second largest producing community in Oguta L.G.A. Located in the equatorial rainforest region, it is enormous importance to the state, being major stable food producers in the state, producing yam, cassava, maize, palm oil etc. ==History== Originally the Orsu people (known as Orsu Ogbahu, Orsu Oko, or Eziorsu) belonged to the Ancient kingdom of Benin before the began to migrate. That was about the early 16th century. The migration became very inevitable following the series of inter and intra communal wars in which the Benin kingdom engaged in to enlarge their dynasty and for the purpose of wielding greater economic And political power. Furthermore, the ironhanded reign of Oba Ewuare the Great and his successor, Oba Esigie, precipitated the move, which affected many other communities including Onicha (Onitsha), Ado, Ogbaru, Ase, Ogba, epkeye to mention but a few. Evidence of this migration from Benin can be traced to the fact of many words in Eziorsu pronounced and having same meaning or responsibility are still being used as integral words of Eziorsu language and tradition. Moreover some traditional titles and common names similar in meaning and pronunciation in Benin, Onitsha, Ogbaru and others still exist, e.g. Iyasara, ASjie, Ogene, Umudei, Oba etc. There are ten distinct villages in Eziorsu, arising from the seven sons of Orsu and others that divided amongst these seven sons: * Igbugankwo * Akpu (Ezeji) * Dei (Aranze and Ezeocha), Aranze and Ezeocha being the sons of Dei, this village now has three villages, namely Ezeocha Dei, Anyaeji Dei and Ndanike Dei. * Darakerekpo ( Iyasara and Ngbaa) Two villages * Mboge * Obuike 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eziorsu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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