Auchi

Auchi babban birni ne a arewa maso gabashin jihar Edo, Nijeriya, wanda aka kafa a karni na goma sha biyar lokacin da Uchi, wani yarima mai yaki daga Masarautar Benin, ya yi hijira daga Udo. Ya bar Benin saboda rikicin cikin gida da takunkumi, kuma ya yi tafiya tare da 'ya'yansa shanu da mabiyansa har zuwa yankin Etsako. A can ya gina sabon gari a karkashin tsaunuka tare da isassun ruwa da ƙasa mai albarka. 'Ya'yansa biyar sun zama shugabannin kauyukan da suka haɗa suka ƙirƙira Auchi, kuma kowane yanki yana da tsarin gargajiya na kansa.

A karni na sha tara, Auchi ta fuskanci mamayar Nupe a shekarar 1860, wanda ya ci gaba da shekaru 37. Turawan Birtaniya suka kori Nupe a shekarar 1897, kuma a shekarar 1904 suka kafa mulkin mallaka a Auchi a karkashin Kukuruku Division. A zamanin Momoh na Farko, wanda ya zama sarki a shekarar 1919, an gina masallaci na farko a Auchi da kuma makarantar farko a shekarar 1922. A shekarar 1963, Birtaniya ta kafa Midwest Technical College, wanda ya zama Auchi Polytechnic na yau.

A yau, Auchi tana da yawan jama'a kusan dubu 180 a cikin filin kilomita 70. Tana da Jami'ar Polytechnic ta Tarayya da ke karɓar ɗaliban daga ko'ina a ƙasar. Birnin yana da muhimmanci a matsayin cibiyar kasuwanci da addini a arewacin jihar Edo, tare da haɗin kai tsakanin al'adun gargajiya da na zamani.