Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria

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geopolitical zone of Nigeria

The Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria is one of the country’s six major political and cultural regions, predominantly inhabited by the Yoruba people and encompassing states such as Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	South West Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ South-West geopolitical zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountryBySea	Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersGeopoliticalZone	North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalAndLargestCityInZone	Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	tropical monsoon climate in coastal areas ⓘ tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coastline	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsAdministrativeDivision	Ekiti State NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagos State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Oyo State NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalRole	heartland of Yoruba culture ⓘ
economicRole	center of Nigeria’s financial services ⓘ center of Nigeria’s manufacturing industry ⓘ major commercial hub of Nigeria ⓘ
geographicRegion	southern Nigeria ⓘ western Nigeria ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Federal University of Technology Akure NERFINISHED ⓘ Obafemi Awolowo University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCityInZone	Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	Nigerian law ⓘ
majorCity	Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Ado Ekiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Akure NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ Osogbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguage	English language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoruba language ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
notableInfrastructure	Lagos Port Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Murtala Muhammed International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfStates	6 ⓘ
oneOf	six geopolitical zones of Nigeria ⓘ
partOf	Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem	federal presidential republic (within Nigeria) ⓘ
predominantEthnicGroup	Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
traditionalReligion	Yoruba traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iragbiji → region → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ikeji Ile → countrySubdivision → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ikeji Arakeji → region → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ifon → countrySubdivision → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ota → culturalRegion → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ado-Odo → region → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

Ikare-Akoko → countrySubdivision → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria

Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → borderingGeopoliticalZone → Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ