Uburu and nearby Okposi have brine lakes from which the women boiled salt that was traded across Igboland, one of the few inland salt sources of the forest belt.
The industry is old in tradition; no excavation dates it, so its scale in 1200 is not pinned.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village elders
- Since
- not applicable
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
Self-governing Igbo villages.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing.
Council
Village elders.
Communities
Eastern Igbo.
Fairs and markets
Salt markets on the Igbo week.
Trade and crafts
Salt boiling.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Tradition and ethnography.
On the map: Point.
Sources and studies
- GeoNames gazetteer (positions of Nri, Aguleri, Udo, Ughoton, Uburu, Esie, Tado)
- From the researcher's knowledge of the Igbo salt trade (Uburu and Okposi brine lakes)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.