Ijebu Ode
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Ijebu Ode is a city located in south-western
Nigeria . With an estimated population of 222,653 (2007)cite web |url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=348534392 |title="The World Gazetteer" |accessdate=2007-04-05] it is the second largest city inOgun State afterAbeokuta . In pre-colonial times it was the capital of the Ijebu kingdom.It is the largest city inhabited by the
Ijebu s, a sub-group of the Yoruba ethnic group who speak the Ijebu dialect of Yoruba. It is historically and culturally the headquarters of Ijebuland.The ruler of Ijebu Ode, Oba Sikiru Adetona is known as the
Awujale of Ijebuland. The city is located 110 km by road north-east ofLagos ; it is within 100 km of theAtlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State and possesses a warm tropical climate.Ijebu Ode has a local television station affiliated with the government's NTA network and is the trade center of a farming region where yams,
cassava , grain,tobacco andcotton are grown.Adjacent to Ijebu Ode are several smaller towns and villages. They are mostly referred to as Egure "this way to"; some of them include
Odo-Agamegi , Ogbo, Italupe (a neighbourhood within Ijebu Ode), Ososa,Imomo, Imawen, Odo Ogbun, Apa(Mesan), Okelamuren, Abapawa, Erunwon,Isonyin , Oke-Eri, Imagbon, Isiwo, Odo-lewu, Odo-Arawa, Idowa, Ala and Atiba amongst others. Ijebu Ode is made up of three parts - Iwade, Ijasi and Porogun. Italupe is a ward in Iwade, NOT an Egure of Ijebu - Ode.AGEMOis the unity of Ijebus. There are 16 Agemos in various part of Ijebu. They come out every July and they all meet at Ijebu-Ode before moving to Imodi Mosan, where the Agemo Festival takes place.Women are forbidden to see the Agemo on their way to Ijebu-Ode. A public announcement is made on radio and television to inform everyone the exact time Agemo will be moving.
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