Emure
Sign in to saveEmure is a town in the Ekiti State of Nigeria. It is also called Emure Ekiti. 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Emure Ekiti
- Settlement.native_name
- Emure Ule Ewa
- Settlement.other_name
- Emure Ijaloke
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.nickname
- Ule Ewa
- Settlement.motto
- Peace And Unity
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Emure Ekiti
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ekiti State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
- Settlement.leader_name
- Oluwatosin Adedigbo Adedayo
- Settlement.leader_title1
- The King
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Ekiti State
- Population
- 94264
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Economy
- Climate
- Education system
- Rulers of Emure Kingdom
- Lineage of the Emure Kings
- Cultural Significance
- References
- References
Emure is a town in the Ekiti State of Nigeria. It is also called Emure Ekiti. 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.
Emure Ekiti is one of the more prosperous towns in Ekiti. Emure consists of four ancient quarters named Oke Emure, Odo Emure, Idamudu and Ogbontioro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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