Surulere, Oyo State

Surulere, Oyo State
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:

  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. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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