Ondo State

Ondo
State
Flag of Ondo State
Flag
Nickname(s): Sunshine State

Location of Ondo State in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°E / 7.167; 5.083Coordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°E / 7.167; 5.083
Country  Nigeria
Date created 3 February 1976
Capital Akure
Government
 • Governor
(List)		 Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (APC)
 • Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi
 • Senators Yele Omogunwa
Robert Ajayi Boroffice
Omotayo Donald
Area
 • Total 15,500 km2 (6,000 sq mi)
Area rank 25th of 36
Population (2006 census)1
 • Total 3,460,877[1]
 • Rank 18th of 36
GDP (PPP)
 • Year 2007
 • Total $8.41 billion[2]
 • Per capita $2,392[2]
Time zone UTC+01 (WAT)
ISO 3166 code NG-ON
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Ondo or Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It originally included what is now Ekiti State, which was split off in 1996. Akure is the state capital. Each Nigerian state has several ministerial offices representing the federal government.[3]

Ondo state borders Ekiti state to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to the southeast, Ogun State to the southwest, and Osun State to the northwest.

Government and society

The state contains eighteen local government areas, the major ones being Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo, and Owo. The majority of the state's citizens live in urban centers. The big government universities in Ondo state are the Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure and the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko.

The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo peoples. Ijaw such as Apoi and Arogbo populations inhabit the coastal areas, while a sizable number of the Ondo State people who speak a variant of the Yoruba language similar to Ife dialect reside in Oke-Igbo.[4]

Local government areas

Ondo State consists of 18 local government areas:

Tertiary institutions in Ondo State

Demographics

Population distribution of Ondo State[5]
Local government area Male Female Total
Akoko North-West108,057105,735213,792
Akoko North-East93,06082,349175,409
Akoko South-East41,99540,43182,426
Akoko South-West123,979105,507229,486
Ose73,39571,506144,901
Owo110,429108,457218,886
Akure North66,87864,709131,587
Akure South175,495177,716353,211
Ifedore92,01484,313176,327
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo87,50585,365172,870
Ondo West139,400144,272283,672
Ondo East38,03236,72674,758
Idanre66,99662,028129,024
Odigbo114,814115,537230,351
Okitipupa120,626112,939233,565
Irele75,63669,530145,166
Ese Odo78,10076,878154,978
Ilaje154,852135,763290,615
Total1,761,2631,679,7613,441,024

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION". population.gov.ng. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. 1 2 "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Ondo capital, Akure, becomes den for kidnappers". Pemium Times Nigeria. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity". Google book. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "National Population Commission of Nigeria". population.gov.ng.

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