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The [[postal code]] of the area is 241.<ref>{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | work = | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 }}</ref> It includes at least 43 villages and towns.
The [[postal code]] of the area is 241.<ref>{{cite web | title = Post Offices- with map of LGA | work = | publisher = NIPOST | url = http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx | accessdate = 2009-10-20 }}</ref> It includes at least 43 villages and towns.

==Religion==
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# Christianity
# Christianity
# Islam
# Islam
# Others (Ifa, Sango, Elegun/[[Mascurade]], Opele, etc)
# Others (Ifa, Sango, Elegun/[[Mascurade]], Opele, etc.)



==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Local Government Areas in Kwara State]]
[[Category:Local Government Areas in Kwara State]]



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Revision as of 00:30, 21 January 2014

Ifelodun, Kwara State
igbomina
Yoruba
Nickname(s): 
babanla,ifelodun
Country Nigeria
StateKwara State
SHAREoke onigbin
Time zoneUTC+1 (WATGMT)
Area code004

Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Share. The people of Ifelodun are Yorubas and mostly of Igbomina origin with roots in Ife, Oyo and Ketu. much of Ifelodun domain was overtaken by the Afonja/Alimi era and annexed to the present Ilorin enclave.

It has an area of 3,435 km² and a population of 206,042 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 241.[1] It includes at least 43 villages and towns.

Religion

There are three main religious groups,

  1. Christianity
  2. Islam
  3. Others (Ifa, Sango, Elegun/Mascurade, Opele, etc.)

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

2. Ola Folorunsho 2012, My Living Testimony as native of Share, Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State