Ikirun
Encyclopedia
Ikirun is a town
in Osun State
, Nigeria
.
It is the headquarters of Ifelodun
Local Government Area.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Osun State
Osun State
Ọṣun State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria. Its capital is Osogbo. It is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east partly by Ekiti State and partly by Ondo State, in the south by Ogun State and in the west by Oyo State. The state's current governor is Rauf Aregbesola, who was...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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It is the headquarters of Ifelodun
Ifelodun, Osun State
Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ikirun.It has an area of 114 km² and a population of 96,748 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 231....
Local Government Area.