[1] The largest city within Isi Uzo is Eha-Amufu, and the region is host to 23 autonomous communities with its capital in Ikem and the oldest town is Umualor (Umuero).

[1] The LGA is a primarily rural region that relies heavily on local agribusiness initiatives for economic growth.

[3] Isi Uzo also has close ties to Nkanu, as emphasized by Edward Nnaji, a recently deceased king of Nike.

This change would lead to Isi Uzo being located in the Enugu East Senatorial District, where it currently stands.

[3] Many local villages share veneration of similar ancestral deities, and communities in Ikem have established a familial home in nearby Nike.

These masks—manufactured in market centers like Neke—are used in masquerades to represent deities who give the living a chance to commune with their dead.

[3] The Odo masquerade holds such heavy importance that it is often addressed as Odomangala, literally translated as "a spirit that instills pride in the people it protects".

[5] During the masquerade, these physical representations of deities known as Odo are allowed to walk naked, and those uninitiated must stay inside.

In very early days of Umualor, Agbo ljogwu went to Mbu and called the people who made the Ijogwu.