Osun State
Osun State is a state in South West Nigeria. It was created in August 1991 from the old Oyo State. Its name was taken from the Osun River in the state.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Osogbo
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Osogbo is a city of almost 400,000 people in Osun State in Southwest Nigeria.
Ile Ife
Ile Ife is an ancient Yoruba city with a population of about 510,000 in Osun State in South West Nigeria.
Ilesa
Ilesa is a city with a population of 371,000 in Osun State, South West Nigeria.Destinations
Iwo
Iwo is a city in Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. It lies 6 miles North of the Iwo station on the Lagos-Kano railway and at the intersection of roads from Ibadan, Oyo, and Ogbomosho, on a low hill at the edge of savanna and forest.Ede City
Ede is a town in Osun state, South West Nigeria. It lies along the Osun river at a point on the railway from Lagos, 180 km southwest, and at the intersection of roads from Osogbo, Ogbomosho, and Ile-Ife.Ejigbo
Ejigbo is a prominent town in Yoruba Land in South West Nigeria, and the headquarters of Ejigbo Local Government Area, one of the oldest local government areas of Osun State.Ila Orangun
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Ìlá Òràngún is an ancient town in Osun State, and was a capital of an ancient city/state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria.
Ikire
Ikire is in Osun State in South West Nigeria. It is a place where local cash crops are brought together.Ilobu
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Ilobu is in Osun State. Ilobu is a town and the administrative headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria.
Ifetedo
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Ifetedo is in Osun State. Ifetedo is the Headquarter of Ife-South Local Government in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria.
Okuku
Okuku is in Osun State. Okuku is a city in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria.
Ikirun
Ikirun is a town and the headquarter of the Ifelodun Local Government Area in Osun State, South West Nigeria.
Erin-Ijesha
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Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls is located in Erin-Ijesha, Osun State.
Imesi-ile
Imesi-ile is in Osun State. Imesi-ile is an ancient town in the northeastern part of the Obokun Local Government in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria.Ifon Osun
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Ifon Osun is a large town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Orolu Local Government Area.
Esa Oke
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Esa-Oke is a Yoruba town located at the Obokun Local Government Area of the Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Ife/Ijesa Senatorial District of Osun State, South-West of Nigeria.
Osun State
- Type: State with 4,140,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Neighbors: Ekiti State, Kwara State, Ogun State, Ondo State and Oyo State
- Categories: state of Nigeria and locality
- Location: South West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
7.5484° or 7° 32' 54" northLongitude of centre
4.4978° or 4° 29' 52" eastPopulation
4,140,000Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2163706716OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2597365Wikidata ID
Q682721Osun State Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Osun
- Arabic: أوشون
- Arabic: ولاية أوشون
- Arabic: ولايه أوشون
- Armenian: Օսուն
- Azerbaijani: Osun ştatı
- Bengali: ওসুন অঙ্গরাজ্য
- Bulgarian: Осун
- Catalan: Estat d'Osun
- Cebuano: Osun State
- Chinese: Osun Chiu
- Chinese: 奥孙州
- Chinese: 奧孫州
- Danish: Osun
- Dutch: Osun
- English: Osun state
- Esperanto: Osuna Ŝtato
- Esperanto: subŝtato Osuna
- Esperanto: Ŝtato Osun
- Esperanto: ŝtato Osun
- Esperanto: ŝtato Osuna
- Estonian: Osuni osariik
- Finnish: Osun
- Finnish: Ọsun
- French: Osun
- Fulah: Diiwal Osun
- Galician: Estado de Osun
- Georgian: ოსუნის შტატი
- German: NG-OS
- German: Osun
- Greek: Οσούν
- Gujarati: Ayimatẹn Osun Tọn
- Gujarati: ઓસુન સ્ટેટ
- Gun: Ayimatẹn Osun Tọn
- Hausa: Osun
- Hebrew: מדינת אוסון
- Hindi: ओशुन राज्य
- Hindi: ओसुन राज्य
- Igbo: Ȯra Osun
- Indonesian: Osun
- Italian: Osun
- Japanese: オシュン州
- Japanese: オスン州
- Kannada: ಓಸ್ಸನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ
- Kanuri: Osun State
- Korean: 오순주
- Latvian: Osunas štats
- Lithuanian: Osuno valstija
- Malay: Osun State
- Marathi: ओसुन राज्य
- Min Nan Chinese: Ọṣun Chiu
- Northern Frisian: Osun (Bundesstoot)
- Northern Frisian: Osun
- Norwegian: Osun
- Norwegian Bokmål: Osun
- Persian: ایالت اوسون
- Polish: Osun
- Portuguese: Estado de Osun
- Portuguese: Osun
- Portuguese: Osún
- Portuguese: Oxum
- Romanian: Statul Osun
- Russian: Осун
- Serbian: Осун
- Sinhala: ඔසුන් රාජ්ය
- South Azerbaijani: اوسون ایالتی
- Spanish: Estado de Osun
- Spanish: Osun
- Swahili: Jimbo la Osun
- Swahili: Osun
- Swahili: Osun State
- Swedish: Osun
- Tamil: ஓசன் மாநிலம்
- Telugu: ఓసున్ రాష్ట్రం
- Thai: โอซุน
- Turkish: Osun
- Turkish: Osun Eyaleti
- Tyap: Si̱tet Oshun
- Ukrainian: Осун
- Urdu: اوسون اسٹیٹ
- Urdu: اوسون ریاست
- Vietnamese: Bang Osun
- Waray (Philippines): Osun (estado)
- Waray (Philippines): Osun
- Western Mari: Осун
- Yoruba: Ipinle Osun
- Yoruba: Osun State
- Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ Osun
- Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Osun
- Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun
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