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Ogun State

Ogun State is a state in South West Nigeria. It is bordered by to the south, and states to the North, to the east, and the Republic of to the west.
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is the state capital of Ogun State in . The city was home to about 450,000 people in 2006, and the metro area to over 1.1 million.

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, also known as Ishagamu, is a city in Ogun State, . The city is a conglomeration of thirteen towns located in Ogun State along the Ibu River and Eruwuru Stream between Lagos and Ibadan.

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is a town in Ogun State in the South Western geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is close to the A121 highway. The city is about 110 km north-east of Lagos by road, and within 100 km of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State.

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is a town in Ogun State, , and has an estimated 164,000 residents living in or around it. Ota is the capital of the Ado-odo/Ota local government area.

Local Government Area is a local government area of Ogun State with its administrative headquarter in town. This local council area dwellers are majorly into farming, local trading and related businesses. This article also covers Ilepa.

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is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, . Its headquarters are in the town of Owode at. It has an area of 1,410 km2 and a population of 228,851 at the 2006 census.

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is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, . Its headquarters are in the town of at. It has an area of 144 km2 and a population of 118,735 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 121.

is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, . Its headquarters are in the town of at in the north-west of the Area. It has an area of 541 km2 and a population of 127,123 at the 2006 census.

is the metropolitan headquarters of Anago kingdom. It is an ancient kingdom in old Oyo empire. Unlike the other kingdoms, which had at one time or the other engaged in the internecine wars that ravaged Yorubaland in the nineteenth century, stood out as an unconquered sanctuary city-state throughout the period.

is a community under local government area in Ogun State.

is a town in Ogun State, South West Nigeria. It is approximately a 15-minute drive north of , and is the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Authority of Ogun State, Nigeria.

is a town in . is located in the popular Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. is very close to but is in Ogun State.

is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State, bordering the . Its headquarters are in the town of Imeko at coordinates. listed below are the settlements recognized by local government and state authorities: and other small areas like: Oloka, Ijeri, Gbayin,Sagada,idoshe.

is a town in Ogun State, in the southwestern part of Nigeria. town has a population of about 58,000 people. It is the headquarters of Yewa South Local Government Area, now known as Yewaland, which replaced the Egbado division of the former Western State, and later became a part of Ogun State of Nigeria.

is a town in Ogun State.

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is a town under Yewa local government in Ogun state.

is a city in Ogun, of the Ijebu Kingdom. It is located in the Local Governmental Area and the main town comprises seven contiguous districts: Ibipe, Isamuro, Idode, Odosinusi, Igan, Imosu, and Imere.

is a town in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, at the border with . It is possible to walk to the border crossing on the edge of town.

is a Nigerian town in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria. It is about 91 kilometers northwest of , and lies on the border between Nigeria and Republic. is about 50 kilometers by road from , a major trading town in Benin.

or Akesan Bale Oja is a town near the Ibu River in Ogun State in southwestern part of . It is the most populous town in Remo Region of the Ikenne Local Government Area.

Ota is a frontline town located in the Local Government Area which is one of the 19 Local Government Areas of Ogun State in southwest .

is a highly residential suburb situated in Ogun state, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It is regarded on the property market as one of the high value property markets around the environs of Lagos, thus earning the nickname "Magodo phase III".
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Ogun State

Latitude of center
7° north
Longitude of center
3.5833° or 3° 35′ east
Population
4,050,000
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2327546
Wiki­data ID
Q836657
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ogun State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية أوغون”
  • Armenian: “Օգուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oqun ştatı”
  • Bengali: “ওগুন অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Огун”
  • Catalan: “Ogun”
  • Cebuano: “Ogun State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Ogun State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Ogun”
  • Chinese: “Ogun Chiu”
  • Chinese: “奥贡州”
  • Chinese: “奧貢州”
  • Czech: “Ogun”
  • Danish: “Ogun”
  • Dutch: “Ogun”
  • Esperanto: “Ogun”
  • Esperanto: “Oguna Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Ogun”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Ogun”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Oguna”
  • Estonian: “Oguni osariik”
  • Finnish: “Ogun”
  • French: “Etat d’Ogun”
  • French: “État d’Ogun”
  • French: “Ogun”
  • Fulah: “Ogun”
  • Galician: “Estado de Ogun”
  • Georgian: “ოგუნის შტატი”
  • German: “NG-OG”
  • German: “Ogun”
  • Greek: “Όγκουν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓગુન સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Ogun Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Ogun”
  • Hebrew: “אוגון”
  • Hindi: “ओगुन राज्य”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Ogun”
  • Indonesian: “Ogun”
  • Irish: “Stát Ogun”
  • Italian: “Ogun”
  • Japanese: “オグン州”
  • Kannada: “ಓಗುನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kanuri: “Ogun State”
  • Korean: “오군주”
  • Latvian: “Oguna”
  • Latvian: “Oguno štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Oguno valstija”
  • Malay: “Ogun”
  • Marathi: “ओगुन राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ogun Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ogun State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ogun (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ogun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ogun”
  • Norwegian: “Ogun”
  • Obolo: “Ogun”
  • Persian: “ایالت اوگون”
  • Polish: “Ogun”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Ogun”
  • Portuguese: “Ogum”
  • Portuguese: “Ogun”
  • Romanian: “Statul Ogun”
  • Russian: “Огун”
  • Serbian: “Огун”
  • Sindhi: “اوگون رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ඔගුන් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඔගුන් රාජ්‍ය”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوقون ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Ogun”
  • Spanish: “Ogun”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Ogun”
  • Swahili: “Ogun State”
  • Swahili: “Ogun”
  • Swedish: “Ogun”
  • Tamil: “ஓகுன் மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “ఓగున్ రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “โอกัน”
  • Tumbuka: “Ogun State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Ogun Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Ogun”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Ogun”
  • Ukrainian: “Огун”
  • Urdu: “اوگون اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “اوگون ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Ogun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ogun (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ogun”
  • Western Mari: “Огун”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Ogun”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Ògùn”
  • Yoruba: “Ogun State”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧貢州”

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