Ada, Osun

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Ada
Town
Motto:  Akara Loro Ada
Ada Ada Location within Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°53′44″N 4°42′34″E / 7.89556°N 4.70944°E / 7.89556; 4.70944
Country	Nigeria
State	Osun State
Local Government area	Boripe
Founded	1900s
Government
• Type	Monarchy
• Olona Of Ada	Oba Oyetunde Olumuyiwa Ojo (2020-Present)[1]
Area
• Total	34.54 km2 (13.34 sq mi)
Population	174,152 [2]
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
National language	Yorùbá

Ada is a town in the Boripe Local Government area of Osun State, Nigeria. A town headed by Oba Oyetunde Olumuyiwa Ojo (The Olona of Ada),^[3] Ada has the biggest market in the local government area and it generated the highest revenue for it.^{[citation needed]} Some of the compounds that make up the town are Ile Oba Oludele, ile oba Adeitan, Ile oba Olugbogbo, Ile Aro, Ile Alagbaa, Ojomu Oteniola, Alade, Eesa, Jagun, Osolo, Oke Baale, Asasile, Oluode, Agba Akin, and Ile Odogun.The people of the town are hospitable, industrious, and hardworking. They value education and are accommodating for citation of any businesses due to their large geographical land expanse yet to be developed. There are hotels and a hospital in the town.

The settlement dates from before the late 19th century.^{[citation needed]} Ada has the biggest market in the local government area known as (Obada Market) and it generated the highest revenue for it. Buying and selling takes place every 5 days. The town is the home of a private golf course that was created by Comfort Olufunke PonnLe and her husband,^[4] a prominent estate valuer and philanthropist, Bode Adediji, Late Alalade, one of the first chartered accountants in Nigeria.

Several religions are practiced in the town but Christianity and Islam are the dominant religions, the town has seen a rise in other dominations of Christianity especially the Pentecostal's, Apostolic, Evangelical and others.

Ada people ancient occupation is black soap production (Osedudu), And also another main occupation of the town is Farming.

Ada also has hotels for visitors and travelers, Hotels in Ada are listed below.

• Miccom Golf Hotel
• Royal life Hotel
• Epic Hotel (and others)

Below are the list for notable Educational Institutions including private and government school in the town.

Government Schools:

• Secondary commercial grammar school
• local authority middle school (L.A school)
• Baptist Primary School
• St Andrew Primary School
• Ajayi Memorial High School

And others...

Private Schools:

• Goshen Model college
• El-Shaddai Private school
• Salem Comprehensive high school
• Excel kiddies School

And many more

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