Ozara is a prominent town in the Nkanu West

Nkanu West

Nkanu West is a Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Agbani.It has an area of 225 km² and a population of 146,695 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 402....

 Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Although the town officially goes by the colonial name "Ozalla", the correct form "Ozara" is the most widely used by the natives in their Ozara dialect of Igbo language

Igbo language

Igbo , or Igbo proper, is a native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group primarily located in southeastern Nigeria. There are approximately 20 million speakers that are mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent. Igbo is a national language of Nigeria. It is written in the Latin...

. Ozara is often referred to as the gateway to Nkanu because of its strategic location along the major access roads to this region.

Ozara is made up of 6 villages: Amechi, Amigbo, Enugwueagu, Ezzi, Obeagwu, and Umuokoruba,with more than twenty sub villages such as obunegu, umuaniegu, enugwuegu ndiuno,e.t.c,. In 2002, Ozara was split into five administrative units: Okoruba-Ozara, Obeagwu-Ozara, Umuanee-Ozara, Etiti-Ozara, and Ishi-Ozara. Prior to this, Ozara had one traditional ruler (the "Chief"), but currently each autonomous community has an "Igwe".

Ozara has a rive that runs throughout the entire town called ufamu, which the remains the major source of water supply for the inhabitants.