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Emure-Ekiti, Nigeria

Emure-Ekiti is a town of 90,645 people in Ekiti State, Nigeria.

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Population90,645 GeoNames
Elevation379 m 1,243 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Lagos
Nearest airportEkiti State Airport (EKK) 26 km

About Emure-Ekiti

Emure is a town in the Ekiti State of Nigeria. It is also called Emure Ekiti. It became much better known after the king of Emure's grandson Adewale Ogunleye made it into the NFL for the Chicago Bears.

From the Wikipedia article Emure (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Ekiti State Airport (EKK) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 26 km away.

  • Ise-Ekiti 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
  • Ikere-Ekiti 26 km west, about 26 min by car
  • Owo 30 km southeast, about 30 min by car
  • Ado-Ekiti 34 km northwest, about 34 min by car
  • Ikare 34 km east, about 34 min by car
  • Akure 36 km southwest, about 36 min by car
  • Ilare 39 km west, about 39 min by car
  • Igbara-Odo 44 km west, about 44 min by car
  • Igede-Ekiti 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
  • Ode 48 km northeast, about 48 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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