Surulere, Oyo State

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Surulere, Oyo State
LGA and town
Interactive map of Surulere, Oyo State
Country Nigeria
StateOyo State
Government
  Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilAdegbite Isaiah Alabi (PDP)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Surulerelisten is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Iresa-Adu.

It has an area of 23 km2 and a population of 142,070 at the 2006 census.

Some of the towns in the local government are Iresa-Adu, Igbon,Oko-Irese, and Iresa-Apa. Each of these towns have their own traditional leader with a given royal titles. Royal title for some of the local government towns named above are:

  1. Aresa of Iresa-Adu Kingdom
  2. Olugbon of Igbon
  3. Oranmiyan of Oko
  4. Aresa (pupa) of Iresa-Apa

The main economic activities of the residents of the towns that make up Surulere local government is farming. And the main produce from there farming activity are:

  1. Calving of Calabash Onirese
  2. Yam
  3. Cocoa
  4. Palm oil
  5. Maize
  6. Tobacco


The postal code of the area is 210.[1]

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