Okitipupa

Okitipupa is a town in Ondo State, Nigeria, and the headquarters of the Okitipupa Local Government Area, which carries its name. It is part of the Ikale-speaking nation and has long been the central town of the Ondo South senatorial district. The town was historically known as Ode-Idepe, and the newer name comes from the Ikale words Okiti, meaning hilly, and Pupa, meaning red, after the relative elevation of the town and the red colour of its soil. It has a university, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, which began sessions in 2010-11. Most residents work in agriculture, with oil palm, rubber and cassava the main cash crops, and its market has served traders from all Yorubaland since pre-colonial times. City Population gives 42,064 residents at the 1991 census.