The Republic
Osun State

Osun State · Sub-category

Size & Borders

Measurements#
  • Land area: 9,251 km² — 28th largest of 37 jurisdictions
  • Local government areas: 30 — 5th of 37
  • Population (2006 census, the last held): 3,423,535 — 19th of 37
  • Density: ~370 people per km² on 2006 figures — 11th of 37
Borders#
Within Nigeria#
  • Kwara
  • Ekiti
  • Ondo
  • Ogun
  • Oyo
Terrain#

Rainforest and derived savannah on the Osun and Erinle rivers; the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — one of only two in Nigeria.

References

Sources#
  • National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria Statistical Fact Sheets (land area)
  • National Population Commission, 2006 Census, gazetted figures
  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, First Schedule Part I (LGA count)
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.