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.