Surulere, Oyo State
Surulere, Oyo State | |
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LGA and town | |
Country | Nigeria |
State | Oyo State |
Government | |
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | Azeez Ibrahim A. Gbodeniyi |
Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Surulere is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Iresa-Adu.
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:
- 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:
- Yam
- Cocoa
- Palm oil
- Maize
- Tobacco
The postal code of the area is 210.[1]
References
- ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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