Location
Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún is located at 7°57′18″N 4°59′10″E / 7.955°N 4.986°E / 7.955; 4.986Coordinates: 7°57′18″N 4°59′10″E / 7.955°N 4.986°E / 7.955; 4.986, at an elevation of 1,863 ft (568 m) on one of the several mountains adjoining the eastern flanks of the Oke-Ila Ridge, a part of the Yoruba Hills. Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún is about 120 miles (190 km) directly west of the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue at Lokoja and about 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Osogbo the capital of Osun State. It is about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Lagos with Ibadan at about midway between. It is about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of the ancient city of Oyo (Oyo-Ile or Old Oyo) and about 80 miles (130 km) east of modern Oyo (Ago d'Oyo). It is 40 miles (65 km) northeast of the ancient city of Ile-Ife, about 60 miles (95 km) southeast of the ancient Yoruba city of Ilorin and about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Benin City (more correctly Bini or Ibini) capital of the Benin/Edo Empire.
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