Ekiti State

Ekiti State is a state in South West Nigeria.

Cities

• 1 Ado Ekiti
• 2 Efon-Alaaye
• 3 Emure Ekiti
• 4 Oye Ekiti
• 5 Ido Ekiti
• 6 Ijero
• 7 Ikere-Ekiti — an agricultural and mine centre
• 8 Ikole-Ekiti
• 9 Ikoro Ekiti
• 10 Iyin Ekiti
• 11 Omuo

Other destinations

• 1 Ikogosi Warm Springs

Understand

The state was named for the Ekiti people, the Yoruba subgroup that make up the majority of the state's population. Religiously, the majority of the state's population (~85%) are Christian with smaller Muslim and traditionalist minorities at about 10% and 5%, respectively.

Geographically, the state is divided between the Nigerian lowland forests in most of the state and the drier Guinean forest–savanna mosaic in the north. Among the state's nature are false acraeas, mona monkey, forest buffalo, and grey parrot populations along with one of the last remaining Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee populations with a troop of about 20 chimpanzees in the heavily threatened Ise Forest Reserve.

Economically, Ekiti State is partially based around agriculture, mainly of yams, rice, cocoa, and cassava crops. Key minor industries are logging and tourism.

Climate

The State enjoys tropical climate with two distinct seasons. These are the rainy season (April–October) and the dry season (November–March). Temperature ranges between 21° and 28 °C with high humidity. The south westerly wind and the northeast trade winds blow in the rainy and dry (Harmattan) seasons respectively.

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• Kwara
• Ondo
• Osun