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Ilesa

Ilesa or Ilesha is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of the capital of a historic state-kingdom centred around that town as the capital.

Ilesa
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The place

Ilesa or Ilesha is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of the capital of a historic state-kingdom centred around that town as the capital. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of His Imperial Majesty, the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland. The city of Ilesa consists of Ilesa itself and a number of surrounding cities.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Erin Ijesa Waterfalls

    These waterfalls are in Erin-Ijesha, Oriade local government.

  2. 02
    Owa Obokun Adimula Palace

    The Palace of the Monarch of Ijesha people houses monuments and artefacts.

  3. 03
    Obokungusi Town Hall

    The Obokungusi town hall is the meeting place where the monarch Owa Obokun sits and meets with his people to discuss things pertaining to the city.

  4. 04
    Statute of Owa Obokun

    Ereja Square in front of Adimula's Palace.

From Wikivoyage: Ilesa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Bukateria, Adelegan Omol,ilesa. Daily 8AM-10PM. Delivery. Takeaway. Dine-in.

  1. 01
    Captain Cook

    8AM-10PM.

  2. 02
    Tasteful Kitchen and Bakery

    Fast food and restaurant, a cool place to hang out, clean and serene environment.

From Wikivoyage: Ilesa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Ilesa

Airports
General Tunde Idiagbon (ILR), 95 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 193 km · Asaba (ABB), 266 km
  • Ilorin/Ogbomosho → Ilesa
    95 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · ₦7,700–10,250
  • Lagos → Ilesa
    198 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · ₦13,350–17,800
  • Asaba → Ilesa
    271 km · quickest by road, 5h 34m · ₦20,300–27,100
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ilesa

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ilesa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  2. 02
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    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

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  3. 03
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    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

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  4. 04
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    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

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  5. 05
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    9 ways of moving, 37 sources

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If you know how people move in Ilesa – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ilesa

Ilesa is 23 km from Ile-Ife, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.