Eko-Ende

Eko-Ende
Eko-Ende
Coordinates: NG 7°56′35″N 4°35′35″E / 7.943177°N 4.592922°E / 7.943177; 4.592922Coordinates: NG 7°56′35″N 4°35′35″E / 7.943177°N 4.592922°E / 7.943177; 4.592922
Country Nigeria
State Osun State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Eko-Ende (or Eko Onde, Eko-Oyinde) is a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria.

Location

Eko-Ende has a tropical climate, with an average temperature of 26 °C (79 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,254 millimetres (49.4 in), with peaks in July and September, and little rain between November and February.[1] Eko-Ende lies just west of the town of Ikirun. The farming community lies on the Ikirun-Ogbomoso road.[2]

Dam

The Eko-Ende Dam on the Otin River was impounded in 1973 to form a reservoir with a capacity of 5.5 MCM. The headworks were designed to supply potable water to the communities of Oba, Eko-Ende, Eko-Ajala, Ikirun, Iragbiji and Okuku. The dam is an earth structure, completed in 1979, with a capacity of 910,000 cubic metres (32,000,000 cu ft).[3]

History

The Jalumi War of 1 November 1878 took place in the hilly country of the northeast of Osun State in the area that includes Ikirun, Iba, Inisa, Okuku and Eko-Ende. It was one of the series of civil wars in Yorubaland between 1793 and 1893.[4] The traditional ruler is the Elende of Eko-Ende. As of 2013 Oba Abdul-Rauf Adebayo Ajiboye held this title.[2]

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