Gbongan

Gbongan is a large town in Osun State, Nigeria, and the headquarters of the Aiyedaade Local Government Area. Its traditions say it was founded by Olufioye, a prince of old Oyo and a son of Alaafin Abiodun, who migrated from Oyo with many followers after the unrest that followed Abiodun's death in 1789. The first settlement, Gbongan Ile, was deserted around 1823 when raiders from Ilorin attacked the area, and the people rebuilt on a new forest site around 1825, which is the location of the present town. By the middle of the nineteenth century it had become one of the biggest towns in the region. In 1909 almost all of the people of Modakeke settled in Gbongan after the Modakeke war. The town has a post office, and its climate is tropical savanna with about 1,333 millimetres of rain a year.