Kwara State

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Kwara (; ) is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State for 188 km, to the north by Niger State for 400 km, mostly across the Niger River and Lake Jeba, and to the south by Ekiti for 61 km, Osun for 73 km, and Oyo states for 337 km, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin for 277 km including part of the Okpara River. Its capital is the city of Ilorin and the state has 16 local government areas. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Kwara is the ninth largest in area but the sixth least populous with an estimated population of about 3.2 million as of 2016. Geographically, Kwara is split between the West Sudanian savanna in the east and the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic ecoregion in the rest of the state. Important geographic features include rivers with the Niger flowing along the northern border into Lake Jebba before continuing as the border while the Awun, Asa, Aluko, and Oyun rivers flow through the interior. In the far northwest of...

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