- Iragbiji
Iragbiji (also Iragbigi) is a town in Boripe Local Government Area,
Osun State ,Nigeria , and is inhabited by theYoruba people .cite web| url = http://www.oyelami.com/iragbiji.htm| title = Iragbiji, Nigeria| accessdate = 2006-12-22| publisher = Obatala Centre for Creative Arts] It is the birthplace of artistYinka Adeyemi .cite web| url = http://www.african-encounters.com/artist_overview.aspx?aid=9| title = Yinka Adeyemi| accessdate = 2006-12-22| publisher = African Encounters]History
According to local history, the town was founded by a hunter chasing an animal. After he finally caught and killed the animal, he sat down under an ira tree, and other people joined him there. "Iragbiji" means "a settlement under a shady tree."
As of 2003,
Timothy Oyelade was the Aragbiji, traditional ruler, of Iragbiji. [cite news |first=Sam |last=Bello |title= Tinubu not from Iragbiji town, says monarch |url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/coverstories/2003/feb/1901.html |work=Daily Independent Online |publisher= Independent Newspapers Limited|date=2003-02-19 |accessdate=2007-10-12 ]Health and education
Iragbiji contains eight schools. As of 2006, about 75% of children in five different schools in Iragbiji were found to have intestinal helminth parasites (a type of
parasitic worm .)cite journal| last= Ijagbone| first= I. F.|coauthors = T. F. Olagunju| date = 2006| title = Intestinal Helminth Parasites in School Children in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government, Osun State, Nigeria| journal = African Journal of Biomedical Research| volume = Vol. 9| issue = | pages = 63–66|url = http://www.ajbrui.com/files/AJBR916365.pdf| accessdate = 2006-12-22]References
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