Ekiti State

Ekiti is a state in , bordered to the North by for 61 km, to the Northeast by for 92 km, to the South and Southeast by , and to the West by for 84 km.
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is a city of 425,000 people in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria. Ado, as it is popularly called, is the capital of Ekiti State.

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is a town in Ekiti State. It is predominantly dominated by the Yorubas of the .

is a local government area in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria. It's occupied mainly by the Yoruba tribe and Yoruba is the major language spoken there.

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is a city of more than 204,000 people in Ekiti State. is divided into three quarters, which are:…

is a town and headquarter of Local Government Area in Ekiti State, . Local Government Area was carved out from the defunct Ekiti North Local Government on 17 May 1989.

is a local government area in Ekiti State. It is occupied majorly by the Yoruba ethnic group and Yoruba is the major language spoken there.

Emure is a town in the Ekiti State of . It is also called . It became much better known in the US after the king of Emure's grandson Adewale Ogunleye made it into the NFL for the Chicago Bears.

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also called Ilawe is a town in Ekiti State, . It is one of the largest towns in Ekiti State, Nigeria. In fact, in the 1995 population census conducted in Nigeria, recorded a population of over 179,000.

is a town in the Local Government Area of Ekiti State, . It is situated in the northern part of the state where the routes from , and states respectively converge.

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is in Ekiti State, and a popular tourist attraction where warm and cold springs come together at a point, but without mixing together. The resort has landscapes, lush green vegetation and gardens.

is in Ekiti State. Omuo-Ekiti is an ancient town in the eastern part of Ekiti State in western Nigeria, and the seat of the Ekiti-East local government.

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is a town in Ekiti State, , situated between Igede Ekiti Ekiti in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. It is at an elevation of 457 m.

Ekiti State

Latitude of center
7.7369° or 7° 44′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
5.2738° or 5° 16′ 26″ east
Population
2,740,000
Elevation
373 metres (1,224 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163706700
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2595346
Wiki­data ID
Q534917
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ekiti State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إكيتي”
  • Arabic: “ولاية إكيتي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ekiti ştatı”
  • Bengali: “একি অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Екити”
  • Catalan: “Estat Ekiti”
  • Cebuano: “Ekiti State”
  • Chinese: “Ekiti Chiu”
  • Chinese: “埃基蒂州”
  • Czech: “Ekiti”
  • Danish: “Ekiti”
  • Dutch: “Ekiti”
  • Esperanto: “Ekiti Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Ekiti”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Ekiti”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Ekiti”
  • Estonian: “Ekiti osariik”
  • Finnish: “Ekiti”
  • French: “Ekiti”
  • French: “État d’Ekiti”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Ekiti”
  • Galician: “Estado de Ekiti”
  • Georgian: “ეკიტის შტატი”
  • German: “Ekiti”
  • Greek: “Εκίτι”
  • Gujarati: “એકિતી સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Ekiti Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Ekiti”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Ekiti”
  • Hebrew: “אקיטי”
  • Hindi: “एकिटि राज्य”
  • Hindi: “एकीती राज्य”
  • Igala: “Ekiti State”
  • Igbo: “Ekiti”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Ekiti”
  • Indonesian: “Ekiti”
  • Italian: “Ekiti”
  • Japanese: “エキティ州”
  • Kannada: “ಏಕಿಟಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “에키티주”
  • Latvian: “Ekiti štats”
  • Latvian: “Ekiti”
  • Lithuanian: “Ekičio valstija”
  • Malay: “Negeri Ekiti”
  • Marathi: “इकिती राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ekiti Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ekiti State”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ekiti”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ekiti (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ekiti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ekiti”
  • Norwegian: “Ekiti”
  • Obolo: “Ekiti”
  • Persian: “ایالت اکیتی”
  • Polish: “Ekiti”
  • Portuguese: “Ekiti”
  • Portuguese: “Equiti”
  • Romanian: “Statul Ekiti”
  • Russian: “Экити”
  • Serbian: “Екити”
  • Sindhi: “ايڪيٽي رياست”
  • Sinhala: “එකිටි රාජ්‍ය”
  • Sinhala: “එකිති ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اکیتی ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Ekiti”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Ekiti”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Ekiti”
  • Swedish: “Ekiti”
  • Tamil: “எகிடி மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “ఇకిటి రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “ఇకిటి స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “เอกกิติ สเตจ”
  • Tumbuka: “Ekiti State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Ekiti Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Ekiti”
  • Tyap: “Ekiti State”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Ikiti”
  • Ukrainian: “Екіті”
  • Urdu: “عکیتی اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “عکیتی ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Ekiti”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ekiti (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ekiti”
  • Western Mari: “Экити”
  • Western Panjabi: “عکیتی ریاست”
  • Yoruba: “Ekiti State”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkìtì”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃基蒂州”

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