Abia

Jihar Abia tana kudu maso gabashin Najeriya kuma gida ce ga mafi yawan al'ummar Igbo. Kafin kafuwar jihar, yankin ya kasance ƙarƙashin tsofaffin masarautu da ƙauyukan Igbo, inda noma, kasuwanci da sana'o'in hannu suka kasance ginshiƙan tattalin arziki. Kasuwannin gargajiya sun taimaka wajen haɗa al'ummomi da bunƙasa ciniki tun ƙarni da dama.

A lokacin mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya, yankin ya zama wani muhimmin ɓangare na Gabashin Najeriya. Bayan samun 'yancin kai a 1960, yankin ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Basasa na Najeriya (1967–1970), wanda ya yi tasiri sosai ga rayuwar al'umma da tattalin arziki. Bayan yaƙin, an gudanar da ayyukan sake gina yankin tare da farfaɗo da harkokin kasuwanci.

An kafa Jihar Abia a ranar 27 ga Agusta, 1991, bayan an raba tsohuwar Jihar Imo. Tun daga wannan lokaci, jihar ta bunƙasa a fannonin kasuwanci, ilimi da masana'antu, musamman a Aba, wadda ta shahara a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin kasuwanci da ƙera kayayyaki a Najeriya.