Irele Towns And Villages
Irele is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria, about 10 kilometres west of Okitipupa. Its headquarters is Ode-Irele. The area sits within the Ilaje-Ikale belt near the Atlantic coast fringe.
The 2006 census counted 144,136 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 221,400. Irele holds ten wards: Ajagba I, Ajagba II, Akotogbo I, Akotogbo II, Iyansan/Omi, Irele I, Irele II, Irele III, Irele IV and Irele V.
The Ilaje-speaking Yoruba communities farm and fish across the area, with camps and farm settlements (“Ago”, “Odo”) scattered around the ward towns of Ajagba, Akotogbo and Omi.
The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Abusoro
- Aduga
- Ajagba
- Ajegunle
- Ajijoh
- Akingboye
- Akinboyewa Camp
- Akotogbo
- Araromi
- Ayadi
- Barogbo
- Ebute Obun
- Gbeleju Ewuoke
- Gbogi
- Ijuosun
- Irelejare
- Iyansan
- Iyara
- Kenumu
- Kidimu
- Labale
- Legbogbo
- Lerunrun
- Likanran
- Lipanu
- Lisa Camp
- Logbosere
- Lokaka
- Lota Camp
- Lutako
- Naino
- Obondogbo
- Ode-Irele
- Ode Omi
- Ojomo Camp
- Okwa Junction
- Omi
- Omifunfun
- Onitorotoro
- Oradle Oyo
- Otuloya
- Reuben
- Ruwahe
- Salawa
- Seja
- Yopiara
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