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Osun begins Interview for shortlisted Teachers across the State | GOVERNOR ADELEKE MOURNS PASSING OF GRAND KHALIFAS OF TIJANIYAH IN OSUN AND KWARA | GOVERNOR ADELEKE GREETS ALHAJI FATAI DIEKOLA AT 69. | Tourism Agenda: Governor Adeleke to Upgrade Cultural Tourist Sites at Osogbo, Ilesa, Ife and Ede. | Governor Adeleke Salutes Professor Lukuman Jimoda Adekilekun Ahead of Landmark Inaugural Lecture at LAUTECH | GOVERNOR ADELEKE MOURNS EXIT OF SHEIKH IBRAHIM ADEKILEKUN | GOVERNOR ADELEKE CELEBRATES FIRST LADY OLUREMI TINUBU ON HER 65th BIRTHDAY. | Governor Adeleke Commends Osun PDP Restructuring and Expansion, Praises Peaceful Ward Congresses. | Governor Adeleke Commends Osun PDP Restructuring and Expansion, Praises Peaceful Ward Congresses. | GOVERNOR ADELEKE CELEBRATES PARAMOUNT RULER OF IJESHALAND ON HIS BIRTHDAY. | ROAD DUALISATION: ILA ORANGUN HAILS GOVERNOR ADELEKE. | GOVERNOR ADELEKE FLAGS OFF CONSTRUCTION AND TARRING OF IDASA, OROMUN AND ADETI ROADS. | Osun Government Flags Off Distribution of Teaching and Learning Materials in Public Schools. | GOVERNOR ADELEKE IS NOT DEFECTING TO ADC OR ANY PARTY. | 15TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: GOVERNOR ADELEKE FELICITATES WITH ATAOJA OF OSOGBOLAND, HAILS HIM AS A MODEL FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP. | GOVERNOR ADELEKE IS NOT DEFECTING TO ADC OR ANY PARTY | Governor Adeleke Reaffirms Commitment to Industrial Growth, Human Capital Development at MAN AGM. | FLOODING: GOVERNOR ADELEKE COMMISERATES WITH VICTIMS IN IWO, DIRECT COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT ON THE SPOT ASSESSMENT | OSUN HEALTH INSURANCE : TAKING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY BEYOND THE WALL OF FREEDOM. | GOVERNOR ADELEKE CONDOLES ORANGUN OF ILA OVER THE PASSING OF OLOORI ABOSEDE OYEDOTUN EESAYA | Governor Adeleke Surpasses APC’s 12 Years Records under Three Years – Osun Student Leaders

 

Osogbo te capital of Osun lies on coordinates 7°46′ North 4°34′East with an area of 47kmsq. According to the 2006 Population and Housing Commission Census, the city has a population of 156,694 people. Osogbo shares boundary with Ikirun, Ilesa, Ede, Egbedore and Iragbiji and is easily accessible from any part of the state because of it’s central nature. It is about 48km from Ife, 32km from Ilesa, 46km from Iwo, 48km from Ikire and 46km from Ila-Orangun.

Osogbo is a commercial and industrial centre. This started in 1907, when the British Cotton Growing Association sited an industry for growing and ginning of cotton. The Nigerian Tobacco Company (NTC) built its first factory in Osogbo. In this same year, a major turning point for the city which helped in its industrial and commercial development occurred.  The railway tracks were constructed linking it to other parts of Northern Nigeria.  This attracted people from far and near.

The Ataoja of Osogbo is the traditional title of the King and he is the political and spiritual heads of Obas and Chiefs in Osogbo and Olorunda Local Government Areas.

Osogbo is famous for the annual Osun Osogbo Festival which attracts tourists from different part of the world.