Ifelodun, Kwara

Ifelodun is a local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Share.[1]

Ifelodun
LGA
Ifelodun local government area
Country Nigeria
StateKwara State
SeatShare
Time zoneUTC+1 (WATGMT)
Area code(s)004
Websitewww.ifelodunkwara.org.ng

The people of Ifelodun are Yorubas and mostly of Igbomina origin with roots in Ife, Oyo and Ketu. Much of the Ifelodun domain was overtaken by the Afonja/Alimi era and annexed to the present Ilorin enclave.

It has an area of 3,435 km² and a population of 206,042 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 241.[2] It includes at least 80 villages and towns.

Religion

There are three main religious groups,

  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Others (Ifa, Sango, Elegun/Mascurade, Opele, etc.)
gollark: BRB, wasting huge amount of lava.
gollark: I ended up using all the coal the tunnel borer mined on feeding the tunnel borer, it still wasn't enough.
gollark: Consider a silk touch pickaxe.
gollark: I don't much either, but we have a tunnel boring machine for primitive automining on here.
gollark: I should probably get something like this, it would be great to be able to just throw away stuff I'm not using.

References
  1. "Ifelodun Local Government Area". Kwara State Government. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.



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