Yorùbáland is an ethnic territory located in the southwestern part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This ethnic group, which ranks among the most widely spoken languages in Africa, is endowed with a rich cultural heritage, traditions, and customs and is one of the most urbanized in Africa.
Below are the names of prominent Yorùbá settlements and their respective pioneers:
Ilé-Ifẹ̀ – Established by Òrìṣàńlá (Òbàtálá)
Òwò – Founded by Òjúgbélu
Òṣogbo – Established by Láróòyè
Akúrẹ̀ – Founded by Ọmọ̀rẹmi Ọmọlúàbí
Óǹdó – Founded by Queen Pupùpù
Ìwó – Founded by Prince Ọ̀gbaigbai
Ọ̀yọ́ – Established by Prince Ọ̀rányàn
Ìgèdè Èkìtì – Founded by Akẹ
Abẹ́òkúta – Founded by Ṣódẹ̀kẹ́
Ìlésà – Established by Ọ̀wálùṣè Ajaka
Èsìe – Founded by Prince Bárágbọ̀n
Ìjẹ̀ró Èkìtì – Founded by Prince Ògbé
Òtà – Established by Ọ̀ṣọ́lọ́ and Ẹlẹ̀idì Atàlàbí
Ìgbésà – Founded by Akérédùn
Ìpèru – Established by Akẹ́ṣan
Ìkírẹ̀ – Founded by Akinèrè
Adó Èkìtì – Founded by Awàmárò
Èsà-Òkè – Established by Òmíràn Adébólù
Ìlọrin – Founded by Òjó Ìṣẹ̀kùṣẹ̀
Ìkọ̀rọ́dù – Established by Ògà
Bàdàgry (Bàdàgirí) – Founded by Àgbẹ̀dẹ̀ and his lineage
Ìrẹè (Òṣun) – Established by Three siblings: Láróòyè, Àrọlù, and Òyèkún
Ìlá-Ọ̀ràngún – Founded by Fágbámílá Ajágúnnlà
Ìkẹ̀rè-Èkìtì – Established by Aládéṣelù
Ìkọ̀lé Èkìtì – Founded by Akinsàlẹ̀
Èdè – Established by Tímì Agbálè
Òmù-Àrán – Founded by Prince Òlómù-Àpẹ̀rán
Òdè-Remo – Established by Two hunters: Aràpẹ̀tù and Lìwòrú
Ìkìrun – Founded by Àkìnòrùn
Sakí – Established by Ògún
Èrúwà – Founded by Ọ̀bàsẹ́kù
Ìráyè – Established by Òdùdù-Òrúnkú
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ – Founded by Ògúnlọlá
Ọ̀ffà – Established by Ọ̀lálọ̀mí Ọlọ́fà-gangan
Ìníṣà – Founded by Prince Òòkù Èésùn
Ìdò Àní – Established by Ọba Ọ̀ṣọlúà
Èjìgbò (Òṣun) – Founded by Àkìnjọlẹ Ògíyàn (Ògírínyàn)
Òkùkù – Established by Ọ̀ládílẹ̀
Èfòn Aláyè-Èkìtì – Founded by Ìjí-Èmìgun
Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde – Established by Ọ̀bàntá
Ìṣàrà-Remo – Founded by Prince Adéyẹ̀mọ̀
Òdè-Ògóbólú – Established by Ẹlẹ́ṣì Ẹ̀kùn Ògójì
Ìsẹ̀-Èkìtì – Founded by Àkìnluádùsẹ̀ (Àkìnlùṣẹ̀)
Ìtẹ̀lé-Ìjẹ̀bú – Established by Òjìgì Àmọ̀yègẹ̀sò
Ìjẹ̀bú-Ìjẹ̀ṣà – Founded by Ọba Àgìgìrì Ègborógànlàdà
Ìbòkùn (Ìlèmúré) – Established by Ọ̀bòkùn
Ìkọ̀ró-Èkìtì (Ẹ̀sọ-Ọ̀bẹ̀) – Founded by Two hunters: Òlúṣé and Òlúgónà
Ìlàrà-Mọ́kín – Established by Ọ̀bàlùfọ̀n Módùlúà Olùtìpìn
Ìgbàrà-Òkè – Founded by Ọ̀lọ́wà Àràjàká
Èpẹ̀ – Established by Hú-Ràkà
Màlété (Ìṣẹ̀yìn) – Founded by Àdénlẹ̀ Àtọ̀lógún-tẹ̀lẹ̀
Ìgbò-Ifá (Kíṣì) – Established by Kílísì Yérùmà
Ìjẹ̀bú-Ìgbò – Founded by Adémákìn Òrìmọ́lúsí
Ìlọbú – Established by Láàróṣin
Gbọ̀ngàn – Founded by Àkìnfẹ̀nwa
Ìrẹ̀-Èkìtì – Established by Ògúndàhùnsí, son of Ògún
Ìwọ̀yé (Àyédún) – Founded by Àtàbàtà
Ìgbàjọ – Established by Prince Àkéràn
Ìmẹ̀sí-Ìlè – Founded by Òdúnmọ̀rùn and Èyé
Orílé-Òwú – Established by Pàwù
Ọ̀tún-Èkìtì – Founded by Ọ̀ọ̀rè
Ìgbò Àsàkò (Ìgbò-Ọ̀rà) – Established by Ọ̀bẹ̀ Aládé
Ìbàdàn – Founded by Lágélú
Source: Yorùbá Cultural Heritage Centre
