title: Eko-Ende
text: # Eko-Ende
  
  Eko-Ende (or Eko Ende, Eko-Ende) is a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria.
  
  ## Location
  
  Eko-Ende has a tropical climate, with an average temperature of 26 °C (79 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,254 millimetres (49.4 in), with peaks in July and September, and little rain between November and February. Eko-Ende lies just west of the town of Ikirun. The farming community lies on the Ikirun-Ogbomoso road, in-between Eko-Ajala and Ore communities.
  
  ## Dam
  
  The Eko-Ende Dam on the Otin River was impounded in 1973 to form a reservoir with a capacity of 5.5 MCM. The headworks were designed to supply potable water to the communities of Oba, Eko-Ende, Eko-Ajala, Ikirun, Iragbiji and Okuku. The dam is an earth structure, completed in 1979, with a capacity of 910,000 cubic metres (32,000,000 cu ft).
  
  ## History
  
  The Jalumi War of 1 November 1878 took place in the hilly country of the northeast of Osun State in the area that includes Ikirun, Iba, Inisa, Okuku and Eko-Ende. It was one of the series of civil wars in Yorubaland between 1793 and 1893. The traditional ruler is the Elende of Eko-Ende. As of 2013, Oba Abdul-Rauf Adebayo Ajiboye held this title.
  
  