Ondo

Ondo, town, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria, at the southern edge of the Yoruba Hills (elevation 940 feet [287 m]) and the intersection of roads from Ife, Akure, and Okitipupa. A collecting point for cocoa and palm oil and kernels, it is a local market centre (yams, cassava [manioc], corn [maize], poultry, fish, fruits, palm produce, pumpkins, okra) and the location of a branch office of the Federal Ministry of Trade. Wooden doors and furniture are manufactured at Ondo. The site of several teacher-training colleges, it also has secondary schools, a vocational institute, and hospitals. Pop. (2006) local government area, 358,430.