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About Ijebu-Jesa
Ijebu-Jesa (), also spelled Ijebu-Ijesa and historically known as Ijebu-Ere, is a town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Oriade Local Government Area, which recorded a population of 148,379 at the 2006 census. The town lies in Ijesaland, in the rainforest belt of eastern Osun State, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Ilesa and 128 kilometres (80 mi) east of Ibadan. Its traditional ruler holds the title of Elegboro.
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History
Ijebu-Jesa's traditions stress its relative independence from neighbouring Ilesa. The town's founder is named Agigiri, and its origin story holds that he was the senior brother of the Owa Obokun, the ruler of Ilesa. In the town's own account, two brothers fetched sea water that cured their father's blindness and then left Ile-Ife to establish their own settlements; Agigiri settled beneath a large shade tree, naming the place Egboro, which later became Ijebu and, as it lay within Ijesaland, Ijebu-Jesa.
In the mid-19th century, during Ibadan's expansion into Ijesaland, Ibadan conquered and sacked the Ijesa town of Ijebu-Ere, identified with present-day Ijebu-Jesa. Ilesa submitted to Ibadan but repeatedly defied its authority in the decades that followed.
From the History section of Ijebu-Jesa on Wikipedia, 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, 58 km away.
- Ilesa 10 km southwest, about 10 min by car
- Efon-Alaaye 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Oke Mesi 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Aramoko-Ekiti 25 km east, about 25 min by car
- Osogbo 30 km west, about 30 min by car
- Ikirun 30 km northwest, about 30 min by car
- Ile-Ife 36 km southwest, about 36 min by car
- Ede 43 km west, about 43 min by car
- Ado-Ekiti 45 km east, about 45 min by car
- Akure 63 km southeast, about 1 h by car
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- Ijebu-Jesa, Albertoblaq, CC BY-SA 3.0
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