Surulere, Oyo State

Surulere, Oyo State
LGA and town
Country	Nigeria
State	Oyo State
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Azeez Ibrahim A. Gbodeniyi
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Surulere is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Iresa-Adu.

It has an area of 23 km² and a population of 142,070 at the 2006 census.

Some of the towns in the local government are Iresa-Adu, Igbon and Iresa-Apa. Each of these towns have their own traditional leader with a given royal titles. Royal title for some of the local government towns named above are:

1. Olugbon of Igbon
2. Aresa (dudu) of Iresa-Adu and
3. Aresa (pupa) of Iresa-Apa

The main economic activities of the residents of the towns that make up Surulere local government is farming. And the main produce from there farming activity are:

1. Yam
2. Cocoa
3. Palm oil
4. Maize
5. Tobacco

The postal code of the area is 210.^[1]

References

Oyo State
State capital: Ibadan
LGAs	Afijio Akinyele Atiba Atisbo Egbeda Ibadan North Ibadan North-East Ibadan North-West Ibadan South-East Ibadan South-West Ibarapa Central Ibarapa East Ibarapa North Ido Irepo Iseyin Itesiwaju Iwajowa Kajola Lagelu Ogbomosho North Ogbomosho South Ogo Oluwa Olorunsogo Oluyole Ona Ara Orelope Ori Ire Oyo East Oyo West Saki East Saki West Surulere