Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun

Ọsun State
State
Osun river in Osogbo, Osun state
Nickname(s):  State of the Living Spring
Location of Ọsun State in Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Date created	27 August 1991
Capital	Osogbo
Government
• Governor	Rauf Aregbesola (ACN)
Area
• Total	9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)
Area rank	28th of 36
Population  (1991 census)
• Total	2,203,016
• Estimate  (2005)	4,137,627
• Rank	17th of 36
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
• Year	2007
• Total	$7.28 billion
• Per capita	$2,076
Time zone	UTC+01 (WAT)
ISO 3166 code	NG-OS

Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun jẹ́ ọ̀kan niínú àwọn Ìpínlẹ̀ ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà. Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun jẹ́ Ìpínlẹ̀ tí ó wà ní àárín gbùngbùn apá Ìwọ̀-Oòrùn orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà. Olú-ìlú rẹ̀ wà ní Ìlú Oṣogbo. O ni ibode ni ariwa mo Ipinle Kwara, ni ila-oorun die mo Ipinle Ekiti ati die mo Ipinle Ondo, ni guusu mo Ipinle Ogun ati ni iwoorun mo Ipinle Oyo. Gomina ipinle na lowolowo bayi ni Gomina Gboyega Oyetola. Won dibo yan-an wole ni 2018. Osun ni ibi ti opo awon ibi meremere to gbajumo wa, lopo mo ogba Yunifasiti Obafemi Awolowo to wa ni Ile-Ifẹ, ibi to se pataki ninu asa Yoruba. Awon ilu tose pataki ni ipinle Osun tun ni Oke-Ila Orangun, Ila Orangun, Ede, Iwo, Ejigbo, Esa-Oke and Ilesa.

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Osun river in Osogbo, Osun state

Ibi tí a ń lè ní Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun lo nii ni wọ́n da sileẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ kẹtàdínlọ́gbọ̀n oṣù Kẹ́́́́ ọdún 1999. Wọ́ ṣe àfàyọ ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun láti ara Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́ wọ́n fún Ìpínlẹ̀ náà ní orúkọ rẹ̀ látara omi Odò Ọ̀ṣun ìyẹn omi tí ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn òrìṣà ilẹ̀ [Yorùbá]].

ruba goddess of the same name.

The former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola launched and laid the foundation for the groundbreaking of Osun State University with six campuses (Osogbo, Okuku, Ikire, Ejigbo, Ifetedo, and Ipetu-Ijesha) strategically located across the state. Important cultural events in the state include the Ori Oke and Egungun festival in Iragbiji, Olojo in Ife and the Osun Osogbo festival.

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The modern State of Osun was created on August 27, 1991 from part of the old Oyo State. The state's name is derived from the River Osun, the venerated natural spring that is the manifestation of the Yoruba goddess of the same name.