Ado Ekiti
| Ado Ekiti | |||
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 37 ' N , 5 ° 13' E | ||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||
| Ekiti | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NG-EK | ||
| Residents | 409,270 (2012) | ||
Ado Ekiti is the capital of the Nigerian state of Ekiti and is located in the southwest of Nigeria. According to a calculation from 2012, the city has 409,270 inhabitants. Around 580,000 people live in the Ado Ekitis agglomeration .
Ado Ekiti is 148 km northeast of Ibadan . Ado Ekiti has a university, the University of Ado Ekiti , and a radio and television station. The city operates a stadium with a capacity of 10,000 spectators, which is home to a football club in the third division. The region's agricultural products such as yams , cassava , grain and tobacco are traded at the local market .
Ado Ekiti and its surroundings form one of the 16 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state of Ekiti with an area of 293.41 km². In the penultimate census in 1991, the LGA had 156,122 inhabitants and thus a population density of 532 inhabitants per km².
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population data 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The 774 Local Governmnent Areas. Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area. Nigeria Congress Online, archived from the original on August 17, 2003 ; Retrieved March 21, 2007 (English).
