Abakaliki is the capital city of Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria, located 64 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of Enugu.

[3] Abakaliki also hosts a Federal hospital,[12] which has largely contributed to the affordability of public healthcare delivery in the city and the state.

There have been massive infrastructural developments ongoing in the urban center in recent years; these include road construction, shopping malls and market places, trans-African Highway fly-over bridges at Presco and Spera-in-Deo junctions, amongst others.

Ebonyi State University main campus is located on the outskirts of the city.

Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Pentecostal missions are the dominant Christian faiths.