Distance and access
- About 18 kilometres from Mopa, the local-government headquarters, according to the manuscript.
- About 16 kilometres from the Kabba–Ilorin road at the Effo-Amuro junction, according to the manuscript.
The land
Land & Landscape of Takete-Ide
Hills, rivers, neighbouring settlements and the physical setting that shaped migration, farming, security and everyday life.
Takete-Ide’s history is being preserved through documentary evidence, community records and oral testimony. Some accounts on this page continue to be researched and verified with elders, family representatives and the traditional institution — see the status badge beside each section. If you can help confirm, correct or expand this record, please contribute what you know.
A fertile plain surrounded by uplands
Documentary EvidenceThe manuscript describes Takete-Ide as a fertile plain surrounded by uplands, with substantial rivers, streams and springs shaping movement, farming, fishing and settlement history.
The manuscript gives the location as Latitude 8.16667, Longitude 6.03333 and describes Takete-Ide as one of the seven historic settlements of Amuro District.
Source note: From the Hilltops to the Valley: The History, Heritage and People of Takete Ide, Chapters One and Two. Summarised from the supplied community historical manuscript. For this website update, the manuscript is treated as the primary community source for Takete-Ide history and heritage, except for Baptist Church-specific material, which continues to use separate Baptist church and archival sources. Where the manuscript itself contains incomplete dates, unclear wording or internal differences, the website preserves that uncertainty rather than inventing a correction.
Neighbouring boundaries
- Otafun Amuro to the east
- Aiyedayo Amuro to the south
- Aiyede Amuro to the west
The seven Amuro settlements recorded
Takete-IdeOrokereAiyedeOkagiAiyedayo / IlokeOtafunAiyeteju Agbajogun
Hills and uplands
Oke Elegan
Obasoro
Oroke Agodi
The manuscript gives particular prominence to Oke Elegan and remembers the surrounding uplands as central to the community’s earlier defensive settlement history.
Rivers, streams and springs
Owowo River
Eba River
Oga
Ibedo
Igan
Eba Omosofe
Gboruku
Pandara
Omi Loke
The manuscript links these waters with domestic use, swimming, fishing and the practical experience of approaching Takete-Ide from neighbouring communities.