Akure
Àkụ́rẹ́ Olóyèmẹ́kùn | |
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Akure cultural centre State revenue house St. Thomas Cathedral Akure Central Mosque | |
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| Coordinates: 7°15′0″N 5°11′42″E / 7.25000°N 5.19500°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Ondo State |
| Area | |
| • Total | 991 km2 (383 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 484,798 |
| • Estimate (2011) | 570,500[1] |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Predominate language | English, Yorùbá |
Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State.[2] The city had a population of 403,000 as of the 2006 population census.[3] Its current population is 774,000.[4]
- ^ "Ondo State Population". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "National Bureau of Statistics". 2009-10-26. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Akure, Nigeria Metro Area Population 1950-2022". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ [1] A millennium City Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine