Ikare

Ikare, also written Ikare-Akoko, is a city in the northern senatorial district of Ondo State in south-western Nigeria, about 100 kilometres from the state capital Akure. It was the divisional headquarters of the old Akoko Division, which also took in Oka-Akoko, Isua-Akoko, Okeagbe-Akoko and Ugbe Akoko, and it is now the headquarters of the Akoko North-East Local Government Area. The city is a trading centre for farmers of kola nut, cocoa and coffee, and its biggest communal market is the Osele market. It lies in the Yoruba cultural region and shares boundaries with Arigidi, Ugbe Akoko, Ogbagi, Oka, Akungba and Supare Akoko. The climate has a hot, muggy dry season and a cloudy wet season, with March the hottest month and August the coldest, and a rainy season that runs from mid February to mid November, with September the wettest month.