Eko-Ende

Eko-Ende
Eko-Ende
Coordinates: 7°56′35″N 4°35′35″E / 7.943177°N 4.592922°E / 7.943177; 4.592922Coordinates: 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	UTC+1 (WAT)

Eko-Ende (or Eko Ende, Eko-Ende) 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] in-between Eko-Ajala and Ore communities.

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.^{[citation needed]} The dam is an earth structure, completed in 1979, with a capacity of 910,000 cubic metres (32,000,000 cu ft).^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3] 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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