Ila Orangun

Ila Orangun, also written Ila, is an ancient city in Osun State in south-western Nigeria. It was the capital of a city-state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland and is more populous than its sister town, Oke-Ila Orangun, about twelve kilometres to the northeast. It is the headquarters of the Ila Local Government Area, and its traditional ruler is called the Orangun. The people speak Igbomina, a distinctive dialect of Yoruba, and palm-wine tapping has long been a typical local occupation, celebrated in a well known proverb and folk song. The city hosts the Osun State College of Education, a police training college and the Federal University of Health Sciences, and the African Heritage Research Library was established there in 1988.