Akoko comprises about 47 small towns and villages, predominantly situated in rocky outcrop areas of northern
Ondo state. The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have helped the region to become a melting pot of sorts with different cultures coming from the north, eastern and southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko became one of the few Yoruba clans with no distinctive local dialect. Major Akoko settlements include; Ọkà,
Ikare, Oba, Ikun, Arigidi, Ugbe, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Ibaram, Iyani, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunu, Gedegede, Isua, Auga, Ikakumo, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Ifira, Ise, Iboropa, Irun, Ese, Iye, Afin, Igashi, Sosan, Ipesi, Etioro, Ayegunle, Eriti and Oyin. In addition to this group, there are several other autonomous communities of varying sizes. The Akokos occupy a frontier zone of
Yorubaland and are bound to the
north by the Owé
Okun Yorubas and the
Ebira people, to the west by the
Ekitis, to the
south by the Owos and the
Owan/Ora, and to the
east by the
Afemai groups. •
Ikare Akoko is the biggest city in the Akoko area with around 150,000 inhabitants as at 2008. It has an I.C.T resource centre where its people have the opportunity to connect to and communicate with other individuals across the country and around the world. •
Oka Akoko is the second largest city in Akokoland, with a population of 132,800. It is made up of 5 distinct settlements of Ayegunle-Oka, Oke-Oka, Iwaro-Oka, Okia-Oka and Isimerin-Oka. It is notable for the Oke-Maria Catholic Grotto, a popular tourist site. • Irun-Akoko is one of the major towns in Akoko. It is made up of Surulere, Ugbouji, Ojeka, Utalefon, Kajola/Ejidu, Oyimo and Ugbooge distinct Settlements. The town is the gateway to Ekiti State as it is bounded by Iro-Ekiti and Isinbode-Ekiti to the North, Egbe-Ekiti, Imesi-Ekiti and Aisegba-Ekiti to the West and Emure-Ekiti to the South. • Oba Akoko is another town in
Akoko South West Local Government. Oba is the gateway to Akokoland as it is the first settlement encountered in a northward direction from the
Owo community into the Akoko community. • • ==Culture and Lifestyle==