Surulere is a
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in
Oyo State
Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. Its headquarters is in the town of Iresa-Adu.
It has an area of 23 km and a population of 142,070 at the 2006 census.
Some of the towns in the local government are Oko-Irese, Iresa-Adu, Igbon and Iresa-Apa. Each of these towns have their own traditional leader with a given royal titles. Royal title for some of the local government towns named above are:
# Oranmiyan of Okoland
# Olugbon of Igbon
# Aresa (dudu) of Iresa-Adu and
# Aresa (pupa) of Iresa-Apa
The main economic activities of the residents of the towns that make up Surulere local government is farming. And the main produce from there farming activity are:
# Calving of Calabash Onirese
# Yam
# Cocoa
#
Palm oil
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# Maize
# Tobacco
The
postal code
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of the area is 210.
References
Local Government Areas in Oyo State
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