Created August 27, 1991 with a land area of 9,251  km2 (3,572  sq  mi), Osun State has:

* Three senatorial zones

* Nine federal constituencies

* 27 state constituencies

* 30 local councils

* 334 wards

* 6389 polling units

* 1,407,222 registered voters

* 4,449,319 estimated population

Bounded in the West by Oyo State; Ondo and Ekiti states in the East; Kwara State in the North and Ogun in the South, Osun State is blessed with mineral resources like gold, clay, limestone, kaolin and granite as well as agricultural resources.

Tourist sites

The state also has numerous tourist sites and attractions. They include:

•The famous Ife bronze

•The Oranmiyan Staff which is believed to be the fighting stick of Oranmiyan, the son of Oduduwa who was a great warriorThe Ife Museum.

•Obafemi Awolowo University Zoological gardens, Ile-Ase.

•Yeyemolu Shrines and Oduduwa groove, Ile-Ife.

•Osun Osogbo Sacred Groove – venue of the internationally recognized Osun Osogbo festival and a UNESCO, world heritage site

•Adunni Susan Wengers Centre,

•Genesis Arts Gallery

•Nike Arts Gallery,

•Jalumi War Site, Inisa

•The Olumirin Water-Falls, Erin-Ijesa, Igbo-Sango at Ede and the Ayikunugba Water- Falls at Oke-Ila.