Surulere is a
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
in
Oyo State
Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of 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 Iresa-Adu, Igbon,Oko-Irese, 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:
# Aresa of Iresa-Adu Kingdom
# Olugbon of Igbon
# Oranmiyan of Oko
# 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:
# Calving of Calabash Onirese
# Yam
# Cocoa
#
Palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from o ...
# Maize
# Tobacco
The
postal code
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of the area is 210.
References
Local Government Areas in Oyo State
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