Akure

Akure
Àkụ́rẹ́ Olóyèmẹ́kùn
Akure cultural centre
State revenue house
St. Thomas Cathedral
Akure Central Mosque
Map
Coordinates: 7°15′0″N 5°11′42″E / 7.25000°N 5.19500°E / 7.25000; 5.19500
Country Nigeria
StateOndo State
Area
 • Total
991 km2 (383 sq mi)
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
484,798
 • Estimate 
(2011)
570,500[1]
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Predominate languageEnglish, Yorùbá
Welcome to Akure, Ondo State

Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State.[2] The city had a population of 403,000 as of the 2006 population census.[3] Its current population is 774,000.[4]

  1. ^ "Ondo State Population". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ "National Bureau of Statistics". 2009-10-26. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  3. ^ "Akure, Nigeria Metro Area Population 1950-2022". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  4. ^ [1] A millennium City Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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