| Official Name: | Ife North | ||||||
| Native Name: | Ariwa Ife | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | LGA | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Nigeria | ||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Nigeria | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Osun State | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Taiwo Hassan Orosanya | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 889 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2006 census | ||||||
| Population Total: | 153,694 | ||||||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities | ||||||
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions | ||||||
| Timezone: | WAT | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +1 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 7.3667°N 32°W | ||||||
| Module: |
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| Postal Code Type: | 3-digit postal code prefix | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 220 | ||||||
| Iso Code: | NG.OS.IN |
Ife North is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ipetumodu in the north of the area at.
It has an area of 889 km and a population of 153,694 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 220.[1]
Ife North local government area with headquarters at Ipetumodu was created on 3 May 1989. Before its creation, it formed part of the defunct Oranmiyan Local Government area with Ile-Ife as council headquarters. When it was created it consisted of Origbo towns (which are Ipetumodu, Eduanbon, Moro, Yakoyo, Asipa, and Akinlalu) and Modakeke. Modakeke was initially part of the council area. It was during the period of late General Sanni Abacha (1993-1998) when new local councils were created that Modakeke (with three wards) was exercised out of Ife North ad made part of the newly created Ife East Local Government.[2] [3]
The land area of Ife North local government area is approximately 889 square kilometers which make the local government area the second largest local government area in Osun state.[4] [5] The local government area is bounded in the west and North by Ayedaade Local Government area; in the east by Ife Central and Ife South Local Government areas, and in the south by Ogun State. By the 1991 census, the Population figure of 62,786 males and 62,210 females making a total of 129,996 were recorded for the area.[6] While population of 153,694 were recorded during the 2006 population census. Two federal highways are passing through the Local government council area. These are Ibadan-Ife/Ibadan-Ilesa expressway and the Osogbo/Sekona/Ife roads. State roads, namely Moro/Akinlalu to Oyere and Ipetumodu-Odeomu road also pass through the area.
There are many public and private primary and secondary schools in the local government area. The Obafemi Awolowo University center for distance learning has its campus at Moro, also, Oduduwa University and Foreign links Campus are located in Ipetumodu and Moro respectively, both institutions are privately funded institutions.