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Where do the Igbo mainly live in Nigeria?
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The Igbo people primarily reside in the southeastern region of Nigeria.21
Historically, they lived in autonomous, decentralized village communities throughout this area. While they are concentrated in the southeast, the Nigerian Civil War and subsequent economic factors led many Igbo to migrate, resulting in their widespread dispersal throughout Nigeria and across the world. In their traditional heartland, settlement patterns are often characterized by dispersed homesteads known as compounds.123