Ondo West

Ondo West is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ondo.^[1]

Ondo West
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Ondo State
Government
• Body	Osemawe-in-Council
• Oba	Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom
Area
• Total	370 sq mi (970 km2)
Population  (2006)
• Total	283,672
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 970 km² and a population of 283,672 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 351.^[2]

There are four higher institutions in Ondo West: Adeyemi College of Education established in 1964 by the Federal Government of Nigeria and recently upgraded to a Federal University of Education; National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) established in 1992 by the Federal Government; Wesley University established in 2008 by the Methodist Church, Nigeria; and the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo established by the Ondo State Government in 2015 to train medical and health professionals.