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Otan Ayegbaju
Osun State, Nigeria · Africa
About Otan Ayegbaju
Otan Ayegbaju sits on the route: 20 minutes from Oyan.
Otan Ayegbaju is in Osun State, Nigeria, with about 38,000 people. The nearest town is Oyan, about 12 km away.
Otan-Ayegbaju is an historic town in Yorubaland founded about 800 years ago by descendants of Oduduwa, Olasooye Osilokun Osiloye the 16th child of Oduduwa who migrated from Ifẹ. It is the headquarters of Boluwaduro Local Government Area. Nearby towns are Eripa, Iresi, Igbajo, Oke-irun and Oyan.
It's the seat of theRead more
Catholic Diocese of Osogbo Marian pilgrimage (Oke-Maria).
The Owa of Otan-Ayegbaju is the title given to the king. The town's government wasn't destroyed by inter-tribal wars.
Grand children of Olasooye ruled after him such as Ajiboye, Oguntuyin, Laboyede, Adejimi and Oluyooye (Olua aka Baba Otan). Olua was the 6th Oba in Otan-Ayegbaju, he had wives and children. He was a very powerful hunter and Oba. He was called Olua after his demise by his people because as he was going to die; he took his friend from Ile Basemo (titled Agbaakin) to the bottom of what is now called Olua hill.
The current Owa is Oba Lukman Adesola Ojo Fadipe Arenibiowo II, Owa Olatanka III. He was installed in June 2009.
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Otan Ayegbaju is in Osun State, Nigeria, about 12 km from Oyan.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 37,783
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Osun State
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 7.9478, 4.7884
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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