Yankin Gabashin Najeriya

Yankin Gabashin Najeriya
Wuri
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Najeriya
Labarin ƙasa
Yawan fili	76,145.65 km²
Bayanan tarihi
Ƙirƙira	1 Oktoba 1954
Rushewa	27 Mayu 1967
Ta biyo baya	Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya, Jihar rivers da South Eastern State (en)
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	Greenwich Mean Time (en)

Yankin Gabashin Najeriya, ta kasance wani yanki na gudanarwa a Najeriya, wanda ta samo asali daga yankin Kudancin Najeriya da turawa suka mulka a shekarar 1954. Babban birninta na farko itace Calabar. Daga baya aka mayar da babban birnin kasar zuwa Enugu kuma babban birni na biyu itace Umuahia. An raba yankin a hukumance a shekarar 1967 zuwa sabbin jahohi uku, jihar gabas ta tsakiya, jihar Rivers da kuma jihar kudu maso gabas. Gabas ta tsakiya tana da babban birninta a Enugu, wanda yanzu ke a cikin jihar Enugu.^[1]

Yankin ta hada manyan kabilun na uku da na hudu da na biyar a jerin kabilun Najeriya da suka hada da Igbo da Ijaw da Ibibio. Wannan yanki daga baya ta zamo Biafra, wacce ta yi tawaye daga 1967 zuwa 1970.^[2]

1. ↑ Groß & Wydra 2013.
2. ↑ Mwakikagile 2001.