๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ,Ebonyi state.
โ The lake is located almost two hours from Abakaliki, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Its water level is low during the rains and rises in the dry season. Only scaled fishes thrive in it. For 400 years, it has been the source of salt for the indigenes of the area.According to local lore, the lake was discovered by two hunters, who when searching for drinking water found that the water could not quench their thirst. Over the years, Okposi women led the production of salt by utilizing solar energy, and the town became a notable trade centre, attracting buyers from the eastern and northern parts of present-day Nigeria. A famous market arose, called Odenigbo Okposi.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ฉ.๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ.
โ Close to Okposi, in the same local government area, is the town of Uburu, which has its own lake. The Uburu Salt Lake is bigger than that in Okposi, but its salt production has historically been seasonal.The Okposi and Uburu Lakes are the reason Ebonyi State took as its slogan โsalt of the nation./Igbo histroy
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