Inisa is a town in Osun State in the south-western part of Nigeria. It is a town dominated by the Yoruba ethnic group of the country, and is a trading centre for cocoa and other agricultural products grown in the surrounding area. Its population according to the 2006 census was around 180,553.

Understand

History

Inisa had been from time immemorial, a warrior community. She was deeply involved in the struggle for the survival of Yoruba race during the period of the onslaught and incursions of the Fulani into Yorubaland in the 19th Century. Inisa people were actively involved in the series of the wars fought, including the Osogbo war of 1840, the Jalumi War of 1878, the Ofa war (1886-1890) and the Daparu war.

Get in

By train

There is only one passenger train station to Inisa which is the Ikirun train station. The station is on the railway line from Lagos, some 217 km away to the southwest.

Go next

• Ikirun, about 13 min south of Inisa
• Osogbo. about 40 min south of Inisa
• Ila Orangun, about 40 min Northeast of Inisa