Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria canonical | 7 |
| South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12720983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria Context triple: [Iragbiji, region, Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria]
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A.
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria is one of the country’s six major political and administrative regions, encompassing several predominantly Hausa-Fulani states in the northwestern part of the country.
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B.
South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria is a predominantly Igbo-speaking region comprising five states in the country’s southeastern area, known for its rich cultural heritage, commerce, and political significance.
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C.
Nigerian South South geopolitical zone
The Nigerian South South geopolitical zone is an oil-rich region in southern Nigeria comprising states in the Niger Delta, known for its diverse ethnic groups and significant contribution to the country’s petroleum-based economy.
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D.
Northern Region of Nigeria
The Northern Region of Nigeria was a former administrative division of Nigeria during the colonial and early post-independence periods, encompassing much of the country’s northern area and dominated politically by Hausa-Fulani emirates and Islamic institutions.
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E.
North West Nigeria
North West Nigeria is a geopolitical zone of Nigeria comprising several predominantly Hausa-speaking states, known for its large population, historic emirates, and significant role in the country’s politics and agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria Target entity description: 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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A.
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria is one of the country’s six major political and administrative regions, encompassing several predominantly Hausa-Fulani states in the northwestern part of the country.
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B.
South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria is a predominantly Igbo-speaking region comprising five states in the country’s southeastern area, known for its rich cultural heritage, commerce, and political significance.
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C.
Nigerian South South geopolitical zone
The Nigerian South South geopolitical zone is an oil-rich region in southern Nigeria comprising states in the Niger Delta, known for its diverse ethnic groups and significant contribution to the country’s petroleum-based economy.
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D.
Northern Region of Nigeria
The Northern Region of Nigeria was a former administrative division of Nigeria during the colonial and early post-independence periods, encompassing much of the country’s northern area and dominated politically by Hausa-Fulani emirates and Islamic institutions.
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E.
North West Nigeria
North West Nigeria is a geopolitical zone of Nigeria comprising several predominantly Hausa-speaking states, known for its large population, historic emirates, and significant role in the country’s politics and agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
South West Nigeria
NERFINISHED
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South-West geopolitical zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersBodyOfWater | Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersCountryBySea | Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersGeopoliticalZone |
North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria
NERFINISHED
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South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalAndLargestCityInZone | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
tropical monsoon climate in coastal areas
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tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| coastline | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAdministrativeDivision |
Ekiti State
NERFINISHED
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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
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center of Nigeria’s manufacturing industry ⓘ major commercial hub of Nigeria ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
southern Nigeria
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western Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution |
Federal University of Technology Akure
NERFINISHED
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Obafemi Awolowo University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCityInZone | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Nigerian law ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Abeokuta
NERFINISHED
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Ado Ekiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Akure NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ Osogbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
English language
NERFINISHED
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Yoruba language ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
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Islam ⓘ |
| notableInfrastructure |
Lagos Port Complex
NERFINISHED
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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)
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surface form:
West Africa Time
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| traditionalReligion | Yoruba traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
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borderingGeopoliticalZone
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Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
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