Thursday, September 15, 2011

Geographical Spread of Igbomina tribe

Geographical Location

Ìgbómìnàland consist of three local government areas (LGAs) of Kwara State: Irepodun, Ifelodun, and Isin LGAs, as well as two local government areas of Osun State: Ifedayo and Ila LGAs. The major Ìgbómìnà cities in Osun State are Oke-Ila Orangun, Ora, and Ila Orangun, while the major Ìgbómìnà cities in Kwara State which has most of the Ìgbómìnà land and population include Òbà, Ajasse Ipo, eleju of eju-land, Eku-Mesesan-Oro, Oke-Onigbin, Isanlu Isin, Omu-Aran, Esie, Omupo, Igbaja,Oke -Ode, owu - isin, Oro-Ago, Aran-Orin, Arandun, Share, Oke-Aba, Owode Ofaro, and Iddo-oro, Iludun-Oro.

Ìgbómìnàland is adjoined on the west and northwest by major neighbours such as the Oyo-Yoruba region, on the south and southwest by the Ijesha-Yoruba region, on the south and southeast by the Ekiti-Yoruba region, on the east by the Yagba-Yoruba region, and on the north by the non-Yoruba Nupe region south of the Niger River. Other minor neighbours of the Ìgbómìnà are the Ibolo sub-group of the cities of Offa, Oyan and Okuku in the west.