Awba-Ofemili is a settlement located within the Awka North Local Government Area in Anambra State, Nigeria. According to the 2006 Nigerian Census, the town has a population of approximately 15,978. It comprises eight villages, each consisting of smaller communities or kindreds.
The eight villages in Awba-Ofemili include:
Umuokpe
Umuchibu
Ezike
Akpana
Enugwu-Agu
Umuosit
Enugwu
Umuezeavu.
Situated about 30 kilometers (km) from Awka, the capital of Anambra State, Awba-Ofemili, like most towns in Awka North, benefits from favorable climate and soil conditions that are conducive to agriculture, particularly for large-scale rice cultivation.
Awba-Ofemili shares borders with Ibite-Olo in the north (Enugu State), Ugbene (by land) and Achalla (by water) to the east, Umuolum in Ayamelum Local Government Area to the west, and Aguleri to the south, with the Ezu-Omabala waterways marking the boundary (Anambra East Local Government Area).
Since the end of the civil war in the 1970s, Awba-Ofemili has been led by three successive traditional rulers or His Royal Highnesses (HRHs)/Igwes: the late Igwe Samuel Nzegwu Obidigwe (Ezu 1 of Awba-Ofemili), the late Igwe Samson Chike Akabueze (Okemili 1 of Awba-Ofemili), and the current HRH Igwe Ernest Ezekwesili Maduagwuna (Ofemili 1 of Awba-Ofemili).
Awba-Ofemili shares historical ties with Nachi in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, particularly regarding its origins.