Imeko Afon
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|subdivision_name1 =Ogun State
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|leader_name =Fadipe Yaya Akande (APC)
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|population_total = 82,217
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|postal_code = 111{{cite web
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Imeko Afon is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria bordering the Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are in the town of Imeko at coordinates {{Coord|7|29|00|N|2|53|00|E|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}.
listed below are the settlements recognized by local government and state authorities:
- Imeko
- Ilara
- Iwoye ketu/Jabata
- Idofa
- Afon
- Owode/Obada
- Oke Agbede/Moriwi Matale
- Okuta.
and other small areas like: Oloka, Ijeri, Gbayin,Sagada,idoshe. Etc
Location
The local Government was created from the old Egbado North Local Government in December 1996, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
The land area is about {{convert|1711.43|km2|sqmi}}.
The land is rolling, with small hills rising between 15 and 70 metres above sea level.
The Yewa River runs through the area from North to South, with its tributaries, the rivers Oyan and Oha.
The LGA is bounded in the north by Oyo State, to the east by the Abeokuta North LGA, to the south by the Yewa North LGA and to the west it shares an international border with Benin.
The international border is {{convert|93|km|mi}}, and is one of the most accessible stretches of border between the two countries.
The Local Government is divided into ten political wards: Imeko, Afon, Ilara, Iwoye/Jabata, Idofa, Owode/Obada/Idi-Ayin, Moriwi / Matale /Oke-Agbede, Agborogbomo, Atapele and Kajole / Agberiodo.
Imeko, the LGA headquarters, is about {{convert|30|km|mi}} by road from Ketou, a major trading town in Benin and the traditional headquarters of the Ketu Yoruba people.
The second largest settlement, Ilara, has its traditional land extended across the international border into Benin; making the commercial town have parts in both countries, so there is Ilara Nigeria and "Ilara" Benin Republic (popularly called 'Kanga')
People
The 1991 population census gave a population of about 118,339.
The people are mostly Yorubas belonging to the Ketu subgroup, but there are significant numbers of Ohori and Egun speaking people.
As a border community, other West African people live in the LGA, including a substantial number of Fulani nomads who came into the area in search of pastures. There are natives of Egbado Yoruba tribe too.
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201103300361.html
|title=Gale of Transfers Hit Teachers in Imeko-Afon
|work=Daily Independent (Lagos)
|author=Femi Ogbonnikan
|date=29 March 2011}} The other West African people living among the natives primarily came as palm wine tappers and local gin distillers, farm workers and few of them are artisans. All these west African people maintain close tie with their homeland and regard this area as their second home.
Economy
Farming is the main economic activity.
The vegetation is a mixture of savannah belt and sparse forest suitable for cattle raising, with the advantage of being free of Tse-tse flies.
The climate is tropical, with a rainy season commencing around March and ending in November. The soil is fertile, and cassava and tomatoes are grown in large quantities.
Cotton grown in the LGA supplies the Yaru, tread and textile industries in Benin Republic. Other crops are pepper, maize, groundnuts, yams, vegetables, cocoa, cashew and teak.
The LGA has 68 public primary schools (excluding yet to be absorbed community schools) and 12 public secondary schools, and a good number of nursery, primary and secondary private schools.
Tourist attractions include Celestial City, center of the Celestial Church of Christ, Imeko, Odo-Osuruu waterfalls, Mount Boomu, Afon and Jabata Forest.
To encourage tourists, the LGA is named the "virgin land", and in 2010 a {{convert|20|km|mi}} Imeko-Oke-Agbede-Iwoye road was being built! now needing reconstruction..{{cite journal
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201007160256.html
|title=As Imeko-Afon LG Inaugurates Elders' Council (1)
|journal=The Daily Independent (Lagos)
|author=Segun Adeleye
|date=14 July 2010
|access-date=2011-06-12}}
References
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|url = http://imekoafonlg.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=54
|publisher = Imeko Afon LGA
|title = HISTORY OF IMEKO/AFON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
|date = 20 March 2011
|access-date = 2011-06-12
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|url = http://www.ogunministryoflocalgovtandchiefaffairs.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=95
|title = Imeko-Afon Local Government
|publisher = Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs
|access-date = 2011-06-12
}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|url=http://www.ogunstate.gov.ng/eGovernment/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119&Itemid=110
|title=Imeko-Afon
|publisher=Ogun State Government
|access-date=2011-06-12
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122080919/http://www.ogunstate.gov.ng/eGovernment/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119&Itemid=110
|archive-date=2011-01-22
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