Ilesa
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Ilesa ( ; ) is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of the capital of a historic state-kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred around that town as the capital . The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of His Imperial Majesty, the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland. The city of Ilesa consists of Ilesa itself and a number of surrounding cities.
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Place details
- Locality
- Iléṣà
- Region
- Osun
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 325,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ilesa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Roundabout ilesa, Owa Obokun statue.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ilesa Roundabout, Owa obokun statue
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Osun State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- South Western geopolitical zone
- Settlement.seat
- The Royal Palace
- Settlement.government_type
- Monarchy
- Settlement.leader_title
- His Imperial Majesty, Owa Obokun Adimula
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aromolaran II
- Settlement.population_total
- 384,334
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Osun State
- Population
- 210141
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Roundabout ilesa, Owa Obokun statue.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Oral history
- Institutions in Ilesa
- Ilesa Grammar school
- University of Ilesa
- College of Health Technology
- Hospital in ilesa
- Colonial assessment
- The Ijesa Monarchs
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Ilesa ( ; ) is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of the capital of a historic state-kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred around that town as the capital . The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of His Imperial Majesty, the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland. The city of Ilesa consists of Ilesa itself and a number of surrounding cities.
The Ijesa, a term also denoting the people of the state of Ijeshaland, are part of the present Osun State of Nigeria. Although the historic state-kingdom is mainly placed within Osun State, it has towns and cities covering several south-western Nigerian states. Some of the popular towns of the Ijesa are Iwara, Odo-Ijesa, Ilaje, Igbogi, Ise-Ijesa, Ibokun, Erin Oke, Erin Odo, Ijeda-Ijesa, Ipetu Jesa, Ijebu-Jesa, Esa-Oke, Iwoye Ijesa, Esa Odo, Ipole Ijesa, Ifewara, Ipo Arakeji, Iloko Ijesa, Iperindo Ijesa, Erinmo Ijesa, Iwaraja Ijesa, Oke-Ana Ijesa, Idominasi, Ilase Ijesa, Igangan ijesa, Imo Ijesa, Alakowe Ijesa, Osu Ijesa, Eti Oni, Itaore, Itagunmodi, Iyinta, Itaapa, Epe Ijesa, Omo Ijesa, Eti-oni, Ibokun, Inila, Ijinla, Iloba Ijesa, Imogbara Ijesa, Eseun Ijesa, Iloo, Owena Ijesa, Ido Ijesa, Ido Oko, Ibala Ijesa, Ere Ijesa, Ilahun, Ibodi, Ijaaregbe, Ikinyinwa, Idominasi, Ilowa, and Ibodi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ilesa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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