Country Nigeria Area rank 25th of 36 Founded 3 February 1976 Capital Akure Team Sunshine Stars F.C. | Date created 3 February 1976 Time zone WAT (UTC+01) Area 15,500 km² ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:NG | |
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Colleges and Universities Adekunle Ajasin University, Adeyemi College of Education, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Ondo State University of Scienc, Achievers University Points of interest Idanre Hill, Olowo of Owo, D‑rock Amusement Park And | ||
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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 state in Nigeria have different ministerial offices representing the federal offices in each state.
Contents
- Visit to idanre hills in ondo state nigeria
- Map of Ondo Nigeria
- Coast to coast africa ondo state nigeria by oluwole aboyade
- Government and society
- Local Government Areas
- List of Tertiary Institutions in Ondo State
- Notable people
- References
Map of Ondo, Nigeria
Coast to coast africa ondo state nigeria by oluwole aboyade
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 minority 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.
Local Government Areas
Ondo State consists of eighteen (18) Local Government Areas. They are: