Iseyin

Iseyin is a town in Oyo State, Nigeria, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Ibadan. Its people are mostly Yoruba and its ruler is the Aseyin of Iseyin. A United Nations estimate put the population at 236,000 in 2005, rising to 362,990 in 2011. Iseyin is the headquarters of the Oke-Ogun zone of Oyo State and is described as the fourth largest built environment in the state after Ibadan, Ogbomoso and arguably Oyo. Its main industry is cotton-based textiles, and it is known as the home of Aso Oke, or Aso Ofi, the traditional Yoruba fabric worn at ceremonies. Tobacco and food crops such as yam, maize, cassava and plantain are grown around the town, the Ikere Gorge dam supplies water to Iseyin and nearby communities, and the town has a campus of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.