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State of Nigeria
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Osun State is a state in South West Nigeria. It was created in August 1991 from the old Oyo State. Its name was taken from the Osun River in the state.
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the capital of Osun State
Ada town is in Osun State. Ada is a town in the Boripe Local Government area of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria.
Ikire is in Osun State in South West Nigeria. It is a place where local cash crops (cacao, palm oil, and kernels) are brought together.
Ede is a town in Osun State, South West Nigeria. It lies along the Osun river at a point on the railway from Lagos, 180 km southwest, and at the intersection of roads from Osogbo, Ogbomosho, and Ile-Ife.
Ejigbo is a prominent town in Yoruba Land in South West Nigeria, and the headquarters of Ejigbo Local Government Area, one of the oldest local government areas of Osun State. The population is around 140,000.
Erin-Ijesha is in Osun State, South West Nigeria, best known for the Erin-Ijesa Waterfalls (also known as Olumirin Waterfalls).
Esa Oke is a Yoruba town in Osun State in South West Nigeria.
Gbongan is a large town in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Aiyedaade Local Government Area.
Ibokun (also known as IIemure, Ilu Obokun, Ilu'bokun) is a town in Osun State, South West, Nigeria. Ibokun is the headquarters of Obokun.
Ido-Osun is in Osun State, Nigeria.
Ifetedo is a town and headquarters of Ife South Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. The town hosts the College of Law campus of Osun State University.
Ifon Osun is a large town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Orolu Local Government Area.
Ikirun is a town and the headquarter of the Ifelodun Local Government Area in Osun State, South West Nigeria. It is an historical city that derived its name from the first ruler of the town called Akinorun.
Ìlá Òràngún (or Ila) is an ancient town in Osun State, and was a capital of an ancient city/state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Ìlá Òràngún is the sister-town (and sister-kingdom) of Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, located about 7.5 miles (12 km) to the south-east.
Ile Ife is an ancient Yoruba city with a population of about 510,000 (2006) in Osun State in South West Nigeria. It's about 218 km northeast of Lagos.
Ilobu is in Osun State. Ilobu is a town and the administrative headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, South West Nigeria.
Ilesa (also spelt Ilesha) is a city with a population of 371,000 in Osun State, South West Nigeria. It lies at an intersection of roads leading to Ile Ife, Akure and Osogbo.
Imesi-ile is in Osun State. Imesi-ile is an ancient town in the northeastern part of the Obokun Local Government in Osun State, South West Nigeria.
Ipetumodu is a city in Osun State, in the southwestern part of Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Ife North local government.
Inisa is a town in Osun State in the south-western part of Nigeria. It is a town dominated by the Yoruba ethnic group of the country, and is a trading centre for cocoa and other agricultural products grown in the surrounding area.
Iwo is a city in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. It lies 6 miles (10 km) North of the Iwo station on the Lagos-Kano railway and at the intersection of roads from Ibadan, Oyo, and Ogbomosho, on a low hill at the edge of savanna and forest.
Ode Omu (or Ode-omu, or Odeomu) is a town in Ayedaade, in Osun State, South West Nigeria. The town is well known to travellers in Nigeria as it is located on one of the main routes to Oshogbo, the state capital.
Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove in Nigeria is a sacred forest and cultural heritage site on the outskirts of Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. It lies along the Osun River and is regarded as the sacred abode of Osun, the Yoruba river goddess associated with fertility.
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Food & drinkNigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of ethnic groups that comprise Nigeria from the north to the south to the east and the west. Nigeria is home to numerous varieties of foods.
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ItinerariesLagos-Ibadan Railway is a 157-kilometre rail trip in South West Nigeria from Ebute Metta in Lagos to Moniya in Ibadan. The trip is a section of the proposed Lagos to Kano Standard Gauge Rail Project.
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Travel tipsLasting from the 1500s to the 1800s, the Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity of extraordinary proportions, leaving a huge mark on four continents and irreversibly changing world history and geopolitics.
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Travel tipsDriving a car gives a traveller more independence and flexibility than scheduled transportation, such as air travel, rail travel, or bus travel, and may be faster or more comfortable than cycling.
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