Ondo State

Ondo State
—  State  —
Nickname(s): Sunshine State
Location of Ondo State in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°E / 7.167; 5.083Coordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°E / 7.167; 5.083
Country	Nigeria
Date created	3 February 1976
Capital	Akure
Government
– Governor (List)	Olusegun Mimiko (LP)
– Senators	Boluwaji Kunlere, Ajayi Borrofice, Ayo Akinyelure
– Representatives
Area
– Total	15,500 km2 (5,984.6 sq mi)
Area rank	25th of 36
Population (2006 census)1
– Total	3,440,000
– Estimate (2005)	3,011,407
– Rank	20th of 36
– Density	221.9/km2 (574.8/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
– Year	2007
– Total	$8.41 billion[1]
– Per capita	$2,392[1]
Time zone	WAT (UTC+01)
ISO 3166 code	NG-ON
^1 Preliminary results

Ondo State, Nigeria was 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.

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, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo. Ijaw minority (such as Apoi and Arogbo) and Ilaje 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. These people are also Yorubas.

Ondo State contains the largest number of public schools in Nigeria - over 880 primary schools and 190 secondary schools.

Local Government Areas

Ondo State consists of eighteen Local Government Areas. They are:

• Akoko North-East headquarters in Ikare
• Akoko North-West
• Akoko South-East
• Akoko South-West
• Akure North
• Akure South
• Ese Odo
• Idanre
• Ifedore
• Ilaje
• Ile Oluji/Okeigbo^[2]
• Irele
• Odigbo
• Okitipupa
• Ondo East
• Ondo West
• Ose
• Owo

The largest town is Akure.

List of Universities in Ondo State

• Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo
• Ondo State University of Science and Technology
• Achievers University
• Federal University of Technology, Akure

Demographics

The Population Distribution of Ondo State^[3]

Local Government Area	Male	Female	Total
Akoko North-West	108,057	105,735	213,792
Akoko North-East	93,060	82,349	175,409
Akoko South-East	41,995	40,431	82,426
Akoko South-West	123,979	105,507	229,486
Ose	73,395	71,506	144,901
Owo	110,429	108,457	218,886
Akure North	66,878	64,709	131,587
Akure South	175,495	177,716	353,211
Ifedore	92,014	84,313	176,327
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo	87,505	85,365	172,870
Ondo West	139,400	144,272	283,672
Ondo East	38,032	36,726	74,758
Idanre	66,996	62,028	129,024
Odigbo	114,814	115,537	230,351
Okitipupa	120,626	112,939	233,565
Irele	75,636	69,530	145,166
Ese Odo	78,100	76,878	154,978
Ilaje	154,852	135,763	290,615
TOTAL	1,761,263	1,679,761	3,441,024

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. http://www.cgidd.com. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
2. ^ http://www.ile-olujinig.net/
3. ^ National Population Commission of Nigeria

External links

• Ondo State Government website and http://www.ondostate.gov.ng
• Universities in Odun State, Nigeria