Ondo State

Ondo is a state in southwestern . It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ondo borders to the north for 132 km, to the northeast for 45 km, to the east for 304 km, to the southeast for 36 km, to the southwest for 179 km, to the northwest for 77 km, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
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is in Southwest Nigeria. is the capital of Ondo State and headquarters of the Kingdom. It is the largest city in the state, with a population of about 570,000.

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is one of the largest cities in Ondo State, . The Palace of the Olowo of is the largest palace in Africa.

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is a city in Ondo State, . is the second largest city in Ondo state, and the trade centre for the surrounding region.

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is a town in Local Government Area in Ondo State, and it is the headquarter of the same local government. It is part of the Ikale-speaking nation in Ondo State.

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is a city in Ondo State, . is the short form of Ikare-Akoko. It is located in the Northern District of Ondo State.

is a town in Ondo State in . The headquarters of the town is Ore, which has really raised the standard of , especially in terms of population.

is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Igbokoda on the Olùwá river. It is inhabited by the Ilajes, who are a distinct migratory coastal group of ethnic Yoruba people indigenously spread along the coastal belts of; Ondo, , and .

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is a historic town in Ondo State, . The town was established at the foot of the scenic Hill which is of unique cultural and environmental significance, and attracts many tourists.

Ile Oluji-Okeigbo is a town and Local Government Area in Ondo State, . Its headquarters are in the town of . The postal code of the area is 351.

is a town in the ifedore area of Ondo State in . It is 12 km from the Ondo State capital, Akure. is also surrounded by some neighboring towns in the state like Ipinsa, Ikota, Ipogun, and others.

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Akungba is a town in Ondo State. The town was famous due to the arrival of Adekunle Ajasin University in 1999 which had been established in Ado-Ekiti in 1982.

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, popularly referred to as Nodal Town, is a town in Ifedore, Ondo State, Nigeria. It is nodal town located on a mountain top, and is the headquarters of the Ifedore Local Government Area.

is a town in Ese-Odo in Ondo State. It is an Ijaw-Arogbo community in the coastal part of Ondo state. Its people are engaged in fishing as primary occupation.

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is in . It is a quiet village under the Ose local government in Ondo State. The people's language is a mixture of Yoruba and Bini.

Ondo State

Latitude of center
7.1667° or 7° 10′ north
Longitude of center
5.0833° or 5° 5′ east
Population
5,320,000
Elevation
293 metres (961 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2326168
Wiki­data ID
Q836654
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Ondo State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦንዶ ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أوندو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ondo ştatı”
  • Bengali: “অন্দো অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bislama: “Ondo State”
  • Bulgarian: “Ондо”
  • Catalan: “Estat d’Ondo”
  • Cebuano: “Ondo State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Ondo”
  • Chinese: “翁多州”
  • Croatian: “Ondo (država)”
  • Croatian: “Ondo”
  • Czech: “Ondo (stát)”
  • Czech: “Ondo”
  • Danish: “Ondo”
  • Dutch: “Ondo”
  • Esperanto: “Ondo Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Ondo”
  • Estonian: “Ondo osariik”
  • Finnish: “Ondo”
  • French: “État d’Ondo”
  • French: “Ondo”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Ondo”
  • Fulah: “Ondo”
  • Galician: “Estado de Ondo”
  • Georgian: “ონდოს შტატი”
  • German: “Ondo”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία Όντο”
  • Gujarati: “ઓન્ડો સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Ondo Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Ondo”
  • Hausa: “Ondo”
  • Hebrew: “אונדו”
  • Hindi: “ओन्दो राज्य”
  • Igala: “Ondo state”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Ondo”
  • Indonesian: “Ondo”
  • Italian: “Ondo”
  • Japanese: “オンド州”
  • Javanese: “Negara Ondo”
  • Kannada: “ಒಂಡೋ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kanuri: “Ondo State”
  • Karekare: “Ondo”
  • Kazakh: “Ондо облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ондо штаты”
  • Korean: “온도주”
  • Latvian: “Ondo”
  • Lithuanian: “Ondo valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Ондо (сојузна држава)”
  • Macedonian: “Ондо”
  • Malay: “Negeri Ondo”
  • Malay: “Ondo State”
  • Marathi: “ओन्डो राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ondo Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ondo State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ondo (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ondo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ondo”
  • Norwegian: “Ondo”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Ondo State”
  • Obolo: “Ondo”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Ondo”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਂਡੋ ਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “ایالت اوندو”
  • Polish: “Ondo”
  • Portuguese: “Ondo”
  • Portuguese: “Ondô”
  • Pushto: “د اندو ایالت”
  • Romanian: “Statul Ondo”
  • Russian: “Ондо”
  • Serbian: “Ондо”
  • Sindhi: “اونڊو رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ඔන්ඩෝ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඕන්ඩෝ රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “Ondo”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Ondo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوندو ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Ondo”
  • Spanish: “Ondo”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Ondo”
  • Swedish: “Ondo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ondo”
  • Tamil: “ஒண்டோ மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Ondo дәүләте”
  • Telugu: “ఓండో రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “รัฐออนโด”
  • Tumbuka: “Ondo State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Ondo Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Ondo”
  • Tyap: “A̱byin Ondo”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Ondo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ондо”
  • Urdu: “اوندو ریاست”
  • Uzbek: “Ondo viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Ondo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ondo (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ondo”
  • Western Mari: “Ондо”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Òndó”
  • Yoruba: “Ondo State”
  • Yue Chinese: “翁多州”

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