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About Efon-Alaaye
Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè () is a town in the Ekiti State of southwestern Nigeria, inhabited by the Yoruba people. The population in 1983 was over 100,000. It belongs to Efon Local Government, one of the largest local governments in Ekiti State.
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History
Efon Alaaye dates back to 1200 A.D. In accordance with the historical facts, the founder and the first Alaaye (the title of Efon Alaaye Kings) of Efon Alaaye was Obalufon Alaayemore who was the third king or Ooni (title of Ile Ife kings) of Ile Ife, the cradle of Yoruba race. His father was the founder and father of the Yorubas and is known as Oduduwa or Odua. Obalufon Alaayemore installed his son Adudu Oranku to reign after him when he departed Efon Alaaye to go and ascend the throne in Ile Ife.
The founder of Efon Alaaye was about the only known king who reigned over two kingdoms with one of the kingdoms twice in his lifetime. He first ruled as the third Ooni of Ile- Ife having succeeded his father Obalufon Ogbogbodirin but vacated the throne on the advice of the Ile- Ife king makers for his uncle the Ife war hero, Oranmiyan who became the fourth Ooni of Ife. Obalufon Alayemore thereafter went and founded the kingdom of Efon Alaaye after vacating the Ile-Ife throne. He was called back to Ile- Ife by the king makers to become the fifth Ooni after the death of Oranmiyan. He thereafter left the throne of Efon Alaaye to his son whose lineage reigns in Efon Alaaye till today.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Ekiti State Airport (EKK) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 46 km away.
- Ijebu-Jesa 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Aramoko-Ekiti 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Oke Mesi 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Ilesa 20 km west, about 20 min by car
- Igede-Ekiti 23 km east, about 23 min by car
- Igbara-Odo 23 km southeast, about 23 min by car
- Ijero-Ekiti 24 km northeast, about 24 min by car
- Ipoti 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
- Osogbo 42 km west, about 42 min by car
- Ile-Ife 44 km southwest, about 44 min by car
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- Mountain and palm-tree, Samakeju photography, CC BY-SA 4.0
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