Uturu
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- For the province of Sri Lanka, see Northern Province (Uturu Palata).
Uturu is a town in Abia State, Nigeria mainly known as a location for several educational institutions and the Marist Brothers community. Schools in Uturu include Abia State University, Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Uturu, and Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu.
Uturu is divided into two regions, Ihite and Ikeagha. Ihite comprises Achara and Mba Ugwu (Ugwu-Ogu, Ugwu-Ele, Ngodo, Amegu, Obi-Agu, Nnembi and Aro). Ikeagha comprises Isunabo, Akpukpa, Umumara, Nvurunvu, and Ndundu. God loves them Near to Uturu is the archeological site of Ugwuele, in which was found a huge collection of stone-age implements, suggesting that the site was a major factory for such tools.[1]
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- ^ {{cite book Uturu is believed to have married Nnebo and they had seven children; six sons and one daughter. The sons are: Achara, Akpukpa, Isunabo, Umumara, Nvurunvu, and Ndundu. And their daughters name was Nne Mbu now known as Nnembi. Nne Mbu went on to have these children: Ugwu-Ogu, Ugwu-Ele, Ngodo, Amegu, Obi-Agu and Aro; they are known as Mba Ugwu. |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=8HKDtlPuM2oC&pg=PA594 |page=594 |chapter=Ugwuele-Uturu |title=A dictionary of archaeology |author=Ian Shaw, Robert Jameson |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |year=1999 |ISBN=0631174230}}
