Surulere, Oyo State Explained

Official Name:Surulere, Oyo State
Settlement Type:LGA and town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nigeria
Subdivision Name1:Oyo State
Leader Title:Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
Leader Name:Adegbite Isaiah Alabi (PDP)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2006
Timezone:WAT
Utc Offset:+1
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Wikidata:yes
Zoom:8
Marker:village

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 km and a population of 142,070 at the 2006 census.

Some of the towns in the local government are Oko-Irese, 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. Oranmiyan of Okoland
  2. Olugbon of Igbon
  3. Aresa (dudu) of Iresa-Adu and
  4. 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. Calving of Calabash Onirese
  2. Yam
  3. Cocoa
  4. Palm oil
  5. Maize
  6. Tobacco

The postal code of the area is 210.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices- with map of LGA . NIPOST . 2009-10-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx . 2009-10-07 .