Surulere, Oyo State

Surulere is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Iresa-Adu.

Surulere, Oyo State
LGA and town
Country Nigeria
StateOyo State
Government
 • Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilAdegbite Isaiah
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 23 km² and a population of 142,070 at the 2006 census.

Some of the towns in the local government are 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:

  1. Olugbon of Igbon
  2. Aresa (dudu) of Iresa-Adu and
  3. 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:

  1. Yam
  2. Cocoa
  3. Palm oil
  4. Maize
  5. Tobacco


The postal code of the area is 210.[1]

References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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