Ilorin
Ilorin is the capital city of Kwara State located in the Western region of Nigeria.
Ilorin is the capital city of Kwara State located in the Western region of Nigeria. Although Ilorin is classified under the North-Central geopolitical zone, the city is considered a Yoruba city by all historical and sociological standards. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 777,667, making it the 7th largest city by population in Nigeria.
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Worth seeing in and around Ilorin
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilorin
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilorin ) is a diocese located in the city of Ilorin in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria.
2.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia - 02Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin
Al-Hikmah University is an Islamic university located in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. It was founded in 2005 by AbdulRaheem Oladimeji Islamic Foundation based in Nigeria and World Assembly of Muslim Youths based in Jeddah.
5.1 km · private university in Nigeria · Wikipedia - 03Kwara State Stadium
The Kwara State Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kwara United F.C. and ABS FC The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 after renovation work that started in 2010.
2.5 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 04Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin
Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies Ilorin, was established by the Kwara State Government through an act in 1992. The college is one out of 4 that are affiliated to the Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.
3.4 km · Nigerian college · Wikipedia - 05Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin
Kwara State University of Education, Ilorin was established in September 1974 by the Kwara State Government. The university is located in the city of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State in Nigeria.
3.7 km · Nigeria college of education · Wikipedia - 06Kwara State library board
Kwara State Library is a public library in Kwara State, Nigeria. The library was established soon after the state was created in 1967 when it was found that the library in Kaduna was inadequate.
2.3 km · public library in Nigeria · Wikipedia - 07UNILORIN Zoo
University of Ilorin is a federal government-owned public research university in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The university's main campus sits on an expansive area of land, about 5,000 ha in the ancient city of Ilorin; making it the largest university in Nigeria and one of the largest in Africa by landmass.
9.8 km · zoo in Nigeria · Wikipedia - 08Sobi hill
Sobi Hill is a natural landmark hill in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Rising approximately 394 metres above sea level, it is the highest natural point in Ilorin, offering a panoramic 360-degree view of the entire city.
4.1 km · hill and tourist attraction in Nigeria · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The city also has a range of tourist attractions such as the Sobi Hill which is said to have offered protection to natives during intertribal wars in ancient times. The Okuta Ilorin is located in Asaju's compound, Idi-Ape Quarters. It is the stone on which Ojo Isekuse, one of the founders of the city, used to sharpen his metal tools. It was actually called "Okuta ilo irin" (meaning stone for sharpening metals).
- 01National Museum Ilorin
It has interesting cultural and ethnographic objects from Nigeria's many cultures.
- 02University of Ilorin
- 03Emir
- 04Tallest flagpole in west Africa
Unity Road,.
- 05Ilorin
Unity Road.
- 06Sobi
Sobi Rd.
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Things to do
Metropolitan Park, a recreational park, is located on Unity Road. The Kwara State Stadium Complex has an Olympic-sized swimming pool with facilities for diving. A purpose-built baseball park is located in the Adewole area of the city.
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Where to eat
Tanke Region. Ilorin is one of the best places you can't go around with an empty stomach because there are a lot of places to eat. Here are the few places to eat at Tanke.
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Getting to Ilorin
- Airports
- General Tunde Idiagbon (ILR), 9 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 253 km
- Stations
- Ilorin International Airport, 9 km
- Lagos → Ilorin260 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · ₦16,400–21,850
- Abuja → Ilorin330 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · ₦89,880–139,410
- Asaba → Ilorin352 km · quickest by air, 5h 55m · ₦78,830–122,280
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ilorin
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 Ilorin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ilorin
Ilorin is 53 km from Ogbomoso, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.