AFIJIO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Afijio Local Government Area consists of ten (10) wards and it came into existence after the Federal Government carved it from Old Oyo Local Government Area in 1989. The Administrative headquaters of the Local Government is located at Jobele. It occupies a land area of 685.085 square kilometers with 2010 estimated population size of 152,193 using a growth rate of 3.2% from 2006 census figures. The population density of the area is 222 persons per square kilometer. It is bounded in the North by Oyo East Local Government Area, Akinyele Local Government Area in the South and Iseyin Local Government Area in the West. It also shares common boundry with Ejigbo and Iwo Local Government Areas in the East. The Yorubas mainly dominate Afijo Local Government Area. The indigens are mostly farmers who had taken the advantage of vast Agricultural land that favours the cultivation of food crops such as maize, guinecorn, yam, cassava, cowpea, soya beans, fruits, tomatoes and cash crops such as groundnuts, cocoa, oil-palm, kolanuts, coffee, orange and citrus. The Local Government Area is a home for one of the State farm settlements – Ilora farm settlement. A number of tourists attraction centres located in the Local Government areas includes Ese Oloja Hill (Ilora), Ifaniyi Hill (Oke Isemi) Ilora, Obanikoro (Ilora), Erugun (Ilu-Aje), Sogidi Lake (Aawe) Igi Omo (Ilora), Odo Eegbe (Fiditi), Yemoja (Akinmorin), Kutanti Shrine (Aawe) Among others.
