Oyun 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 federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
in
Kwara State
Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its ca ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. Its headquarters are in the town of Ilemona.
It has an area of 476 km and a population of 94,253 at the 2006 census. The major towns in Oyun are Erin-IIe, Ira, Igosun, Ojoku, Igbona, Inaja, Ikotun, Ijagbo and Ipee. While Yoruba is the major language spoken at the Oyun LGA. Its climate supports crops such as Potatoes, Mangoes, Corn and Cassava. It also has large mineral deposits of Granite. ILEMONA as a town has population of over 100,000 inhabitants and land good for farming and manufacturing businesses.
The
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...
of the area is 240.
References
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Local Government Areas in Kwara State
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