Osun State

Osun State is a state in . 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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is a city of almost 400,000 people in Osun State in Southwest Nigeria. , sometimes called "Ile Aro", is a major dyeing centre.

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is an ancient Yoruba city with a population of about 510,000 in Osun State in . It's about 218 km northeast of Lagos.

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in is a sacred forest and cultural heritage site on the outskirts of , 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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is a city with a population of 371,000 in Osun State, . It lies at an intersection of roads leading to , and . It is the headquarters of Ijeshaland and has the largest township.

is a city in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. It lies 6 miles North of the station on the Lagos-Kano railway and at the intersection of roads from , , and , on a low hill at the edge of savanna and forest.

Ede is a town in Osun State, . It lies along the Osun river at a point on the railway from Lagos, 180 km southwest, and at the intersection of roads from , , and Ile-Ife. About 70% of Ede's population is Muslim.

is a prominent town in Yoruba Land in , and the headquarters of Local Government Area, one of the oldest local government areas of Osun State. The population is around 140,000.

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Waterfalls is a waterfall site in Erin-odo, Osun State, Nigeria. It is a tourist attraction located in the Oriade local government area. According to The Nation, the waterfall was discovered by hunters in 1140 AD.

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Ìlá Òràngún 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.

is in Osun State in . It is a place where local cash crops are brought together. It is also a place where yams, corn, cassava, palm produce, cotton, and kola nuts are sold.

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is in Osun State. is a town and the administrative headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, .

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.

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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. It lies near the River Oni, which forms part of the boundary between Osun and Ondo States.

is in Osun State. is a city in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, . is about 10 miles north of . It is the birthplace of Olagunsoye Oyinlola, governor of Osun State in Nigeria from 2003 to 2010.

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is a city in Osun State, in the southwestern part of . It is the headquarters of the Ife North local government. The city is under the leadership of traditional ruler with the title of Apetumodu, which means "the great king of Ipetumodu".

is a town and the headquarter of the Ifelodun Local Government Area in Osun State, . It is an historical city that derived its name from the first ruler of the town called Akinorun.

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is a large town in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Aiyedaade Local Government Area.

is a town in Osun State, South West, . is the headquarters of Obokun.

is a town in Ayedaade, in Osun State, . The town is well known to travellers in Nigeria as it is located on one of the main routes to Oshogbo, the state capital.

is in Osun State. is an ancient town in the northeastern part of the Obokun Local Government in Osun State, .

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is a large town in Osun State, . It is the headquarters of the Orolu Local Government Area.

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is a Yoruba town located at the of the Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Ife/Ijesa Senatorial District of Osun State, South-West of .

is in Osun State. Ada is a town in the Boripe Local Government area of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. A town headed by Oba Abimbola Olalekan Abioye II.

Osun State

Latitude of center
7.5484° or 7° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
4.4978° or 4° 29′ 52″ east
Population
4,440,000
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163706716
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2597365
Wiki­data ID
Q682721
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Osun State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦሱን ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “أوشون”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أوشون”
  • Arabic: “ولايه أوشون”
  • Armenian: “Օսուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Osun ştatı”
  • Bengali: “ওসুন অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Осун”
  • Catalan: “Estat d’Osun”
  • Cebuano: “Osun State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Osun State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Osun”
  • Chinese: “Osun Chiu”
  • Chinese: “奥孙州”
  • Chinese: “奧孫州”
  • Croatian: “Osun”
  • Czech: “Osun”
  • Danish: “Osun”
  • Dutch: “Osun”
  • Esperanto: “Osun”
  • Esperanto: “Osuna Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Osun”
  • Estonian: “Osuni osariik”
  • Finnish: “Osun”
  • Finnish: “Ọsun”
  • French: “Osun”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Osun”
  • Galician: “Estado de Osun”
  • Georgian: “ოსუნის შტატი”
  • German: “NG-OS”
  • German: “Osun”
  • Greek: “Οσούν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓસુન સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Osun Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Osun”
  • Hausa: “Osun”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת אוסון”
  • Hindi: “ओशुन राज्य”
  • Hindi: “ओसुन राज्य”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Osun”
  • Igbo: “Osun State”
  • Indonesian: “Osun”
  • Italian: “Osun”
  • Japanese: “オシュン州”
  • Japanese: “オスン州”
  • Javanese: “Osun State”
  • Kannada: “ಓಸ್ಸನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kanuri: “Osun State”
  • Karekare: “Osun”
  • Kazakh: “Осун штаты”
  • Kirghiz: “Осун штаты”
  • Korean: “오순주”
  • Latvian: “Osuna”
  • Latvian: “Osunas štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Osuno valstija”
  • Malay: “Osun State”
  • Marathi: “ओसुन राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ọṣun Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Osun State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Osun (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Osun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Osun”
  • Norwegian: “Osun”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Osun State”
  • Obolo: “Oṣun”
  • Oromo: “Osun State”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਸੁਨ ਸਟੇਟ”
  • Persian: “ایالت اوسون”
  • Polish: “Osun”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Osun”
  • Portuguese: “Osun”
  • Portuguese: “Osún”
  • Portuguese: “Oxum”
  • Pushto: “اسون ایالت”
  • Romanian: “Statul Osun”
  • Russian: “Осун”
  • Serbian: “Осун”
  • Sindhi: “اوشن رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ඔසුන් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඔසුන් රාජ්‍ය”
  • Somali: “Osun State”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوسون ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Osun”
  • Spanish: “Osun”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Osun”
  • Swahili: “Osun State”
  • Swahili: “Osun”
  • Swedish: “Osun”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Осун”
  • Tamil: “ஓசன் மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Osun Ştaty”
  • Telugu: “ఓసున్ రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “โอซุน”
  • Tumbuka: “Osun State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Osun Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Osun”
  • Tyap: “A̱byin Oshun”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Oshun”
  • Ukrainian: “Осун”
  • Urdu: “اوسون اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “اوسون ریاست”
  • Uzbek: “Osun shtati”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Osun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Osun (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Osun”
  • Western Mari: “Осун”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Osun”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ Osun”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Osun”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun”
  • Yoruba: “Osun State”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧孫州”

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