Ede

Ede is a town in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Osun River at a point on the railroad from Lagos, 180 kilometres to the southwest, and at the intersection of roads from Oshogbo, Ogbomosho and Ile-Ife. The town has two local government areas, Ede South and Ede North, and three major tertiary institutions, the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Adeleke University and Redeemer's University, which make it one of the fastest growing towns in the south-west. About 75 percent of the people are Muslim, a legacy traced to the reign of Timi Abibu Lagunju, the first Muslim Oba in Yorubaland. Ede has a tropical wet and dry savanna climate and is said to be the birthplace of Apala music. City Population gives 142,363 residents at the 1991 census.