Ila Orangun

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Ìlá Òràngún (or Ila) is an ancient city in Osun State, Nigeria, that was the capital of an ancient city-state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Ìlá Òràngún is more populous than its sister-city, Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, a town located about 7.5 miles (12 km) to the northeastern corner of Osun State. The latitude and longitude coordinates of Ila Orangun are 8.019116 and 4.901962 respectively.{{Cite web |title=Where is Ila Orangun, Osun, Nigeria on Map Lat Long Coordinates |url=https://www.latlong.net/place/ila-orangun-osun-nigeria-22461.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.latlong.net}} According to the information obtained from GeoNames geographical database, the population of Ila Orangun in Osun State, Nigeria is 179,192.{{Cite web |title=Population of Ila Orangun, Nigeria |url=https://population.mongabay.com/cities/nigeria/ila-orangun.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Mongabay.com}}

It is the headquarters of the Ila Local Government Area. In addition to Ila Orangun, other towns and villages in Ila Local Government Area include Abalagemo, Aba Ododo, Ajaba, Alagbede, Ayetoro Obaaro, Edemosi, Ejigbo-Orangun, Gaa Fulani, Oyi Ayegunle and so on.{{Cite web |title=List of Local Government Areas in Osun State - Finelib.com |url=https://www.finelib.com/cities/oshogbo/government/local-government |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.finelib.com}} There are as much as over 200 compounds in the ancient city.

The people of Ila speak the distinctive dialect of the Yoruba language called Igbomina (or Igbonna).{{Cite web |date=2016-12-18 |title=Oba Abolarin: Oduduwa is our source |url=https://guardian.ng/art/oba-adedokun-omoniyi-abolarin-whatever-anybody-says-the-incontrovertible-fact-is-that-oduduwa-is-our-source/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}} A common traditional profession of the indigenes of the town is palm-wine tapping. This profession is referenced in one of the most popular songs and common sayings about the town of Ila. The proverb {{transliteration|yo|Ila 'o l'oogun, emu l'oogun Ila}} means "Ila has no special medicine or magical preparations other than palm-wine". A folk song also says {{transliteration|yo|Ila ni mi, ise mi o le/ti mo ba wa l'orun ope bi 'ofusia' ni i ri}}, which translates into English as "I am a citizen of Ila, my profession is very easy; if I am on top of a palm tree, I feel like I am upstairs in a multi-storey building.{{Cite web |title=Map - Ila Orangun - MAP[N]ALL.COM |url=http://www.mapnall.com/en/Map-Ila-Orangun_1135305.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.mapnall.com}}"

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Ila-Orangun is the home of the Osun state College of Education.{{cite web

|url=http://www.ossceila.com/about.asp

|title=About Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun

|publisher=Osun State College of Education

|access-date=2009-09-27

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001045507/http://www.ossceila.com/about.asp

|archive-date=2009-10-01

|url-status=dead

}} The African Heritage Research Library was established in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/libaf.html |title=African Libraries and Archives |work=Africa South of the Sahara |publisher=Stanford University |location= USA |access-date=7 June 2013 }}

The ancient town also has a Mobile Police Training School{{Cite web|url=https://www.npf.gov.ng/departments/training.php|title=Nigeria Police Force|website=www.npf.gov.ng|access-date=2019-10-27}}

The name of the present Orangun (King) of Ila Orangun is Oba Abdul Wahab Olukayode Oyedotun Bibiire I.

Prominent Ila Orangun indigenes include Alhaji Adebisi Akande, former Osun state Governor,{{Cite web |title=BISI AKANDE ON BISI AKANDE – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/12/18/bisi-akande-on-bisi-akande/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}} Tafa Balogun, former IGP Nigeria, Group Captain Tola Adediji, pioneer Nigerian Airforce spokesman, Aisha Olajide, Engr. Jide Adeniji, [https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/12/new-lagos-cp-adegoke-fayoade-assumes-duty/ AIG Adegoke Fayoade], Dr. Agbolade Bamidele , former president of Dean of Student Affairs in Nigeria (ADOSATIN) amongst many others in different fields such as science, administration, and academia.