The area has 10 wards, Ilaro I, Ilaro II, Ilaro III, Iwoye, Idogo, Owode I, Owode II, Ilobi/Erinja, Oke-Odan and Ajilete.[2]
The people speak the Yewa dialects of the Yoruba language as well as Ogu language of gbè language family, called “Ègùn” by the Yorùbá language speakers. There are seven areas or villages headed by Obas or Royal Fathers: Ilaro, Idogo, Iwoye, Oke-Odan, Ijanna, Itoro, Owode, Erinja, Ajilete and Ilobi.[3]
References
^"Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
yewa, south, formerly, egbado, south, local, government, area, west, ogun, state, nigeria, bordering, republic, benin, headquarters, town, ilaro, 88333, 01667, 88333, 01667, north, area, lgalocation, nigeriacoordinates, coordinates, 950country, nigeriastateogu. Yewa South formerly Egbado South is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State Nigeria bordering the Republic of Benin Its headquarters are in the town of Ilaro at6 53 00 N 3 01 00 E 6 88333 N 3 01667 E 6 88333 3 01667 in the north of the Area Yewa SouthLGAYewa SouthLocation in NigeriaCoordinates 6 48 N 2 57 E 6 800 N 2 950 E 6 800 2 950 Coordinates 6 48 N 2 57 E 6 800 N 2 950 E 6 800 2 950Country NigeriaStateOgun StateGovernment Local Government ChairmanSalami Lateef Adebayo APC Area Total629 km2 243 sq mi Population 2006 census Total168 850Time zoneUTC 1 WAT 3 digit postal code prefix111ISO 3166 codeNG OG ESIt has an area of 629 km2 and a population of 168 850 at the 2006 census The postal code of the area is 111 1 The area has 10 wards Ilaro I Ilaro II Ilaro III Iwoye Idogo Owode I Owode II Ilobi Erinja Oke Odan and Ajilete 2 The people speak the Yewa dialects of the Yoruba language as well as Ogu language of gbe language family called Egun by the Yoruba language speakers There are seven areas or villages headed by Obas or Royal Fathers Ilaro Idogo Iwoye Oke Odan Ijanna Itoro Owode Erinja Ajilete and Ilobi 3 References Edit Post Offices with map of LGA NIPOST Retrieved 2009 10 20 Yewa South Ogun State Retrieved 2009 12 20 Yewa South Ogun State Retrieved 2009 12 20 This Ogun State Nigeria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yewa South amp oldid 1089585917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
