Ekiti State
Ekiti is a state in Nigeria's South West geopolitical zone.
- Capital
- Ado-Ekiti
- Population
- 3.4M
- Total area
- 5,800 km²
- LGAs
- 16
- House Reps (total)
- 6
- IGR (2024)
- ₦35.2B
- Capital
- Ado-Ekiti
- Population
- 3.4M
- 2023 estimate
- Land area
- 5,800 km²
- LGAs
- 16
- Senate seats
- 3
- IGR (2024)
- ₦35.2B
- internally generated revenue
Sub-national administrative units
Local government areas (16)
16 constitutional tier-3 units
Geopolitical synthesis
Ekiti in the federation
Ekiti is a state in Nigeria's South West geopolitical zone.
Bordering territories & maritime boundaries
- Land bordersKogi, Kwara, Ondo, Osun
Quick facts
- Date created
- 1996
- Known as
- Land of Honour and Integrity
- Population
- ~3,400,000
- Climate classification
- Tropical Wet & Dry / Savanna
- LGAs
- 16
- Distance to Abuja
- 257 km
Languages, stories and places to explore
Languages spoken
Major cities
Ado-Ekiti · Ikere-Ekiti · Ikole-Ekiti
What to explore · learn
Ekiti's nickname reflects a self-image tied to its historically strong output of professionals, academics, and civil servants relative to its small size.
Ekiti was created in 1996, carved from Ondo State, making it one of Nigeria's newest states.
Ado-Ekiti's annual Udiroko festival gathers the Ewi, chiefs and indigenes at the palace under the big Uroko tree. It is dated to around 1310 AD and is treated as the town's new year.
Aug · annualAdo-EkitiIkere-Ekiti honours Olosunta Mountain, a landmark tied to the town's founding, in an annual festival.
Aug · annualIkere-EkitiThe Ewi is the paramount ruler of Ado-Ekiti; other major Ekiti thrones include the Olukere of Ikere.
Ado-Ekiti
Cultural groups & homelands
Ekiti Yoruba
16 LGAsThe whole of Ekiti State, homeland of the Ekiti sub-group of the Yoruba, organised in some sixteen historic kingdoms each with its own crowned Oba.
Major celebrations
- Aug · annualAdo-Ekiti
- Aug · annualIkere-Ekiti
Cultural institutions
The Ewi is the paramount ruler of Ado-Ekiti; other major Ekiti thrones include the Olukere of Ikere.
Ado-Ekiti
Metro areas
Ado-Ekiti Metropolis
Ekiti State's capital cluster, seat of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti.