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Ìlá Òràngún (or Ila) is an ancient 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.
Orangun or Ọ̀ràngún of Ìlá is the title of the paramount ruler of one of the ancient Igbomina kingdoms, a sub group of the Yoruba people with its seat and capital located in Ila Orangun, central Yorubaland, presently in southwestern Nigeria.
Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún is located in Osun State, at an elevation of 568 m (1,863 ft) on one of the several mountains adjoining the eastern flanks of the Oke-Ila Ridge, a part of the Yoruba Hills. Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún is about 190 kilometres (120 mi) directly west of the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue at Lokoja and about 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.
Ila is a local government area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ila Orangun . It has an area of 303 km 2 and a population of 62,049 at the 2006 census.
Ila-Yara, also known as Ila-Iyara, was the original kingdom founded about the 12th century by Ajagun-nla, also nicknamed "Orangun", a legendary grandson of Oduduwa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The kingdom split into two after Orangun Apakiimo was installed (as the 6th Orangun) towards the end of the 15th century.
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