![]() History of Okitipupa and the Ikale Kingdom in the Ikale dialect Palm-oil and rubber plantations litter the landscape. Major industries located in the town include the Okitipupa Oil Palm Plc and Oluwa Glass Factory (both of which were listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. A larger percentage of the roads in the town were constructed by the administration of Olusegun Agagu when he was governor of Ondo state. A modern market was built by the administration of Chief Herbert Kuewumi in 1979 when he was the executive chairman of the Old Okitipupa Local government before the administration of the then-governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state rebuilt the market in 2009. It has a market that has been a major shopping center for traders from all Yoruba land and beyond since pre-colonial. Staple food includes but is not limited to baked cassava, popularly known as Pupuru, yam, rice, yam flour and cassava flakes (garri) among others. They also cultivate yams, beans, okra, pepper, melon and vegetables. The major cash crops are oil-palm, rubber and cassava. Natives of Ikale are predominantly farmers. It has a university, a specialist hospital, several private hospitals, a Magistrate court, a High court, Nigerian Police Force Area command, an Army barrack, commercial banks, a telephone exchange, and numerous primary and secondary schools. It was a district in colonial times, before Nigeria's independence in 1960. Okitipupa town is the administrative headquarters of Okitipupa local government with neighbouring communities such as: Ode-Erinje, Ikoya, Ode-Aye, Ayila, Araromi, Igbotako, Ilutitun, Igbodigo, Iju- Odo, Igbisin-Oloto, Erekiti, Iju- Oke, Omotosho, Akinfosile, Igodan-lisa, Okunmo, Ayeka, Ode-idepe and others. Okitipupa has always been the central town for the inhabitants of Ondo South senatorial district of Ondo state, comprising okitipupa, Irele, Ilaje, Ese-Odo, Odigbo and Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo local governments respectively due to the presence of basic amenities. ![]() Today, the inhabitants use the names of Okitipupa and Idepe interchangeably. Okiti-pupa is derived from the Ikale Yoruba word okiti (hilly) and pupa (red) which became a name used by people travelling from other communities to trade in the central market of the town (Okitipupa). The name "Okitipupa" is originated from the elevation of the town, migration of the people to the virgin area and the red colour of the soil ( pupain Ikale and Yoruba dialects). "Okitipupa" town was formerly known as Ode-Idepe. Ìkálè or Old Ìkálè Local Government is part of the Yoruba tribe of Ondo state in Nigeria which was originally Ikaleland and combination of the present Okitipupa Local Government and Irele Local Government before the two local governments were split into two namely: Ìrèlè local government and Okitipupa local government. Okitipupa Local Government headquarters is located in Okitipupa township with a university, Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) which commenced academic sessions in 2010–11. Okitipupa is a Local Government Area in Nigeria and part of the Ikale-speaking nation in Ondo State. ![]()
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