Sepeteri is the biggest town in the

Saki East Saki East is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ago-Amodu. It has an area of 1,569 km and a population of 110,223 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the ...

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of Oke-Ogun

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 ...

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. The Yoruba people of Sepeteri are related with fon (ruler) of

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and Ifon in

Osun State Osun (; ), is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively, to the north by Kwara State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the wes ...

their crownship is Obatala, Obalufon lineage under

Oyo Empire The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba people, Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day western Nigeria (including the South West (Nigeria), South West zone, Benin Republic, and the western half of the North Central (Nigeria), North Cent ...

. Sepeteri is located between Igboho, Ago-amodu and Oje Owode (formerly called "Aha") to Shaki, Ago-Are and Iseyin.

Description

The title of oba of Sepeteri is Obalufon of Sepeteri. The ruling families are Daodus, Baloguns and Ogboros.Oyo state Sepeteri is located in between Shaki and Igboho in the Oke-Ogun area, Oyo North Senatorial District of the state of Oyo in Yoruba country. Oke-Ogun comprises ten local governments, excluding Ogbomoso. Oke-Ogun area is situated between Oyo and the present

Kwara state Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its ca ...

. The area starts from Iseyin and ends in Bakase, a small town along the boundary of Oyo State and Kwara State.

People

The town is homogeneous comprising in the main, people belonging to the Yoruba

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who speak the

Yoruba language Yoruba (, ; Yor. ) is a Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern and Middle Belt, Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. ...

, although minority groups from elsewhere in Nigeria and Africa are represented. Like all other Yorubas, they are descendants from Oduduwa. The

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system is important to the Yoruba culture and traditional beliefs.

Economy

There is mineral availability in the area, such as

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columbite Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate, with a general chemical formula of , is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic luster, a high density, and is a niobate of iron and manganese. Niobite ...

cassiterite Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains ...

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, and

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

. The Oyo State Government is setting up a lapidary to process the minerals and an international gem stone market in the city of

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

where miners can market their wares. The town has tourism potential, such as

Old Oyo National park The Old Oyo National Park is one of the national parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria. The park is 2,512 km2 of land in northern Oyo state, south west Nigeria, at latitude 8° 15’ and 9° 00 ...

, Iyemoja Shrine, Fishing festival, Old mining sites. Agriculture is the major industry in Sepeteri. Apart from the primary roles of providing food and shelter, employment, industrial raw materials, it remains an important source of revenue in the local Government. The climate favours the growth of food crops like yam, cassava, millet, maize, fruits, rice and plantains.

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s such as citrus, tobacco and timber also abound in the state.

References

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