# Ogun State

Ogun State is a state in South West Nigeria. It is bordered by Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the North, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the west.

## Cities

* 7.1608333.3483331 Abeokuta
* 6.7666672.82 Atan
* 6.49713.08543 Agbara
* 6.68793.30464 Agbado
* 6.93993.91535 Ago-iwoye
* 6.69373.34166 Akute
* 6.69693.41977 Arepo
* 6.742443.421878 Ibafo
* 6.8333332.9166679 Idogo
* 6.816673.210 Ifo
* 6.528663.1353511 Igbesa
* 6.966667412 Ijebu Igbo
* 6.8208333.92083313 Ijebu Ode
* 6.866673.7166714 Ikenne
* 7.1851553.33448415 Ikija
* 6.67443.331516 Ikorodu
* 7.633332.8666717 Imeko Afon
* 7.6333332.86666718 Ilara-Ogudo
* 6.91433.663219 Iperu
* 6.533332.8520 Ipokia
* 6.953.521 Obafemi-Owode
* 6.9645953.68155722 Ode Remo
* 6.84693.76923 Odogbolu
* 6.69743.511824 Ogijo
* 6.8333333.6525 Sagamu
* 6.71193.253326 Sango Ota — an industrial city home to the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people

## Understand

Ogun State was created in 1976. It was carved out from the old Western State of Niger,ia and it is named after the Ogun Riv,er which runs across it from north to south. Ogun Statis is comprised of former Abeokuta and Ijebu provinces of former Western state. It is covered predominantly by tropical rain forest and has wooded savanna in the Northwest. Most of the inhabitants of OguS state are predominantly the Ijebus, Remos, Aworis, Egbas and Yew,as who belong to the Yoruba ethnic group. It also has sub-groups, namely, Ketu, Ikale, Ilaje, Ohori, An,ago and Egun. There are also significant numbers of Nigerians from other parts of the country as well as foreign nationals.
Ogun State is nicknamed the "Gateway to Nigeria." The state has an estimated population of 5,217,700 and occupy an area of 16,667 km².
The state is notable for having a high concentration of industrial estates and being a major manufacturing hub in Nigeria, such as the Dangote Cement Factory in Ibese, Nestle, Lafarge Cement factory in Ewekoro, Memmcol in Orimerunmu, Coleman Cables in Sagamu and Arepo, and Procter & Gamble in Agbara, amongst many others.
The main cash crops of Ogun State are: rice, beans, melon, corn (maize), cassava (manioc), yams, plantains, and bananas. Cocoa, kola nuts, rubber, palm oil and palm kernels, tobacco, cotton, and timber.
The state has so many natural resources such as: limestone, phosphate, granite stone, gypsum, bauxite, bitumen, feldspar, clay, glass sand, kaolin, quartz, tar sand, gemstones and crude oil

## Get in

There is no international airport in Ogun State, however, one could get in via the closest airport to the state. The closest international airport to Ogun State is the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos

### By plane

* 6.5772223.3211111 Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) (in Lagos City, across the state border). You can fly in from most European cities (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, and Paris); from Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca, Doha, Douala, Dubai, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kigali, Libreville, Luanda, Malabo, Nairobi, Sharjah. There are also direct flights from the United States (Atlanta and New York City) with Delta Airlines. There are also flights to Lagos from most major cities in West Africa.
Lagos is close (about 100 km) to the border with Benin. Should you fly out of the International Airport in Lagos, arrive early, especially close to weekends and festive days, as the security has been beefed up significantly (you need to have your passport and ticket to enter the airport departure area) since December 2009 liquid explosive incident where the terrorist started his journey from Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Once you get in via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State, all you need to do is to board a cab, go to Ogun State, and you can be sure to see a lot of cabs (taxis) and one-off drop-offs system readily available to take people just traveling into the state to their preferred location. The distance between the Murtala Muhammed international airport and Ogun State is just about 60 km, which means the cab will journey for about 60 km before it will take you into Ogun State.

### By bus

From any location you are across Nigeria, you can journey into Ogun State by bus, this is the most popular method to get into Ogun State, as all you need to do is to get to the bus station and get on a bus traveling to Ogun State (sometimes you have to be specific above the location in Ogun State you are visiting), and the price is usually dependent on where you are traveling from and where you are going to. If you are traveling from Lagos State into Ogun State (probably going to Abeokuta or Sagamu), it usually costs about ₦5,000 depending on your route, the price varies but most likely wouldn't go above ₦10,000.
If you are travelling from Benin City into Ogun State from the Benin Park, it costs just about ₦20,000 and your first point of contact with Ogun State will be the vast Ijebu kingdom and from there, you can navigate your way to any destination of your choice.

### By train

Another way to get into Ogun State is by train, although not available everywhere, there are rail services from Lagos State to Ogun State and Ibadan to Ogun State, all you need to do is to get to the rail station, buy a ticket and you are ready to journey. The train station in Ogun State is at Abeokuta from where you can use the road network to other locations in the state

## Get around

There are taxis (cab) spread all over Ogun State to take you around and it is affordable as it could be as low as ₦50 and as high as ₦500 depending on the distance of where you are going to.

## See

* Olumo Rock is one of the places tourist and visitors can go to behold the beauty of nature. Olumo Rock is a historically significant formation of rocks. The rock’s reputation severed as a formidable refuge during wartime in 19th century in Yorubaland.
* Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) is a place of fun located at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta which offers a diverse selection of memorable settings. There’s a cinema, wild life park, pool, bar to chill out in a conducive environment, there are rocks and hill in the library compound where one can have sight seeing of the environment and outside the library. You are free to visit without going into the library and entering into the compound is free but to visit the cinema and few other places is not free.