Ìlá Òràngún (or Ila) is an ancient The paramount ruler of the town is the Orangun of Ila, who is supported in traditional administration by the Obaala of Ila-Orangun, the Prime Minister and second-in-command of the kingdom. * The Obaala of Ila-Orangun holds the office of the most senior High Chief and Chairman of the Council of Chiefs, historically serving as the second-in-command and executing regency powers during an interregnum.
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city in Osun State, Nigeria, that was the capital of an ancient city-state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Ìlá Òràngún is more populous than its sister-city, Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, a town located about 7.5 miles (12 km) to the northeastern corner of Osun State. The latitude and longitude coordinates of Ila Orangun are 8.019116 and 4.901962 respectively. According to the information obtained from GeoNames geographical database, the population of Ila Orangun in Osun State, Nigeria is 179,192.
It is the headquarters of the Ila Local Government Area. In addition to Ila Orangun, other towns and villages in Ila Local Government Area include Abalagemo, Aba Ododo, Ajaba, Alagbede, Ayetoro Obaaro, Edemosi, Ejigbo-Orangun, Gaa Fulani, Oyi Ayegunle and so on. There are as much as over 200 compounds in the ancient city.
The people of Ila speak the distinctive dialect of the Yoruba language called Igbomina (or Igbonna).
From the Wikipedia article Ila Orangun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Oke Ila12 km SE
- Otan Ayegbaju15 km SW
- Oyan16 km W
- Oke Mesi22 km S
- Ipoti25 km SE
- Offa25 km NW
- Ikirun29 km SW
- Ijero-Ekiti29 km SE
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