Location of Ado Ekiti in Nigeria

Ado Ekiti is a city in southwest Nigeria, in the state of Ekiti. It is also known as Ado. The population in 2004 was 446,749. The people of Ado Ekiti are mainly of the Yoruba ethnic group. Ado Ekiti City has a University, the University of Ado Ekiti, a Polytechnic, the Federal Polytechnic,Ado Ekiti,and a local television and radio station, called NTA Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state television, Radio Ekiti, FM Ado Ekiti. Various commercial enterprises operate in Ado Ekiti such as Odua Textile and Odua Print. The city is the trade centre for a farming region where yams, cassava, grain, and tobacco are grown. Cotton is also grown for weaving. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ekiti State is a state in southwest Nigeria, created on October 1, 1996 alongside five other new states by military dictator General Sani Abacha. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in Africa; the majority of them speak the Yoruba language (èdèe Yorùbá; èdè = language). ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... The University of Ado Ekiti is a state-owned university in Nigeria. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Yams at Brixton market For the term yam as used in the United States, see sweet potato. ... “Yuca” redirects here. ... This article is about cereals in general. ... Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. ... For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). ...

History

Ado dates to the 15th century when it was made the captial of Ekiti.^[1] Ekiti State is an inland south-western state of Nigeria. ...

The Biritsh took control of Ado in 1893.

Sport

Ado Ekiti has a stadium with a capacity of 10,000 and a third division professional football league team. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

Coordinates: 7°37′N, 5°13′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

References

1. ^ Canby, Courtlandt. The Encyclopedia of Historical Places. (New York: Facts of File Publications, 1984) Vol 1, p. 7