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Ilorin

Nigeria

Watercolour of Ilorin, Nigeria. Along the Asa River, the historic Fulani-Yoruba gateway emirate centered around the Ilorin Central Mosque and the Emir's Palace, with Ilorin Central Mosque and Emir's Palace.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Ilorin Central Mosque; Emir's Palace; Dada Pottery Workshop; Asa Dam; Yoruba-Fulani; lush Middle Belt savanna and forest-mosaic flora; Fulani Jihadist
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking toward the Ilorin Central Mosque across the Oja Oba square or along the calm banks of the Asa River with the mosque minarets rising in the distance, showing neem tree branches and clay path pavers in the foreground, the sweeping mosque dome, arches, and courtyard in the middle-ground, and the soft Middle Belt plain horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of neem and shea butter trees around the Asa River, palace gardens, and Asa Dam.
Guarded against
Not Ibadan, Kano, or Kaduna
Population1,080,000Wikidata: 847,582
Coordinates8.50°N, 4.54°E
Elevation986 m
Area765 km²
Time zoneAfrica/LagosUTC+1
Solar noon12:42clock runs 0.7 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Ilorin and you surface nearest to Atafu Village, Tokelau — 323 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

IbadanNG143 km
LagosNG261 km
Benin CityNG269 km
Porto-NovoBJ309 km
AbujaNG331 km
OnitshaNG360 km
KadunaNG390 km
LoméTG451 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Ilorin inside this atlas.

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