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Geographical Location
Denya (1978) affirms that Ibadan is located in South – We
119 Kilometers Northeast of Lagos and about 120 kilome
nin. Ibadan lies within the tropical forest zone, but also
the Savanna zone. Ibadan ranges in elevation from 150m i
The city covers a total area of 3,000 square kilometers, the
further said that Ibadan is obviously divided by four rivers
and West, Ogbere River in the East, Ogun River flowing th
part of the metropolis. Ogunpa River a third-order stream w
catchment area of 54.92km 2 . Lake Eleyele is located at the
River and the Asejire Lake bounds the city to the east.
Fig.2 - Map of Oyo State showing the LG Areas (G
Climate and Vegetation
Describing the rain fall in Ibadan, Adebowale (2019) said
season runs from March through October, through Augus
season, during which Ibadan experience the typical West
1420.06mm, falling in approximately 109 days. There ar
The mean maximum temperature is 26.46C, minimum 21.
completely within the tropical forest zone but close to the
Historical Background
Gloag J. (1975) records emergence of Ibadan which dates
Yoruba land. Many of old Yoruba cities such as old Oyo, Ij
Abeokuta, new Oyo and Ibadan emerged. Lagelu founded
camp for warriors coming from Oyo, Ife and Ijebu. As a fo
opportunities, and much later, a marketing centre for comm
David and Anna Hinderer found St. David Aglican Church
being Muslims, Traditional Yoruba religion is also very im
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