Akoko

==Geography==
{{Yoruba people}}
Akoko comprises about 45 small towns and villages, predominantly situated in rocky outcrop areas of northern [[Ondo state]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2019-5-1-4-Faboyede.pdf/|title=Pre-colonial Elitism: A Study in Traditional Model of Governance in Akokoland|date=3 October 2021}}</ref> The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have helped the region to become a melting pot of sorts with different cultures coming from the north, eastern and southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko became one of the few Yoruba clans with no distinctive local dialect.
Major Akoko settlements include; Ọkà, [[Ikare]], Oba, Ikun, Arigidi, Ugbe, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Ibaram, Iyani, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunu, Gedegede, Isua, Auga, Ikakumo, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Ifira, Ise, Iboropa, Irun, Iye, Afin, Igashi, Sosan, Ipesi, Etioro, Ayegunle and Oyin. In addition to this group, there are several other autonomous communities of varying sizes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236406072.pdf/|title=Religious interaction among the Akoko of Nigeria |date=3 October 2021}}</ref>

The Akokos occupy a frontier zone of [[Yorubaland]] and are bound to the [[north]] by the Owé [[Okun people|Okun Yorubas]] and the [[Ebira people|Ebira]] people, to the west by the [[Ekiti people|Ekitis]], to the [[south]] by the Owos and the [[Owan|Owan/Ora]], and to the [[east]] by the [[Afemai people|Afemai]] groups.

* [[Ikare|Ikare Akoko]] is the biggest city in the Akoko area with around 150,000 inhabitants as at 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ikare|title=About Ikare, Nigeria |date=3 October 2021}}</ref> It has an I.C.T resource centre where its people have the opportunity to connect to and communicate with other individuals across the country and around the world.
* [[Oka, Akoko|Oka Akoko]] is the second largest city in Akokoland, with a population of 132,800.  It is made up of 5 distinct settlements of Ayegunle-Oka, Oke-Oka, Iwaro-Oka, Okia-Oka and Isimerin-Oka. It is notable for the Oke-Maria Catholic Grotto, a popular tourist site.
* Oba Akoko is another town in [[Akoko South-West|Akoko South West]] [[Local government|Local Government]]. Oba is the gateway to Akokoland as it is the first settlement encountered in a northward direction from the [[Owo]] community into the Akoko community. 
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