Surulere, Oyo State

Surulere, Oyo State
LGA and town
Country	Nigeria
State	Oyo State
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Adegbite Isaiah Alabi (PDP)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Surulere 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]

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.