Benin City

E101832

city state capital

Benin City is a major urban center in southern Nigeria, historically known as the capital of the ancient Benin Kingdom and renowned for its rich cultural heritage and bronze artworks.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Benin City canonical	49
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria	2
Benin City core area	1
Benin City metropolitan area	1
Benin City, Nigeria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ state capital ⓘ
artifactsTakenTo	British Museum ⓘ various European museums ⓘ
capitalOf	Edo State ⓘ
climate	tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
demographics	predominantly Edo people with other Nigerian ethnic groups ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Edo people ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ surface form: Benin Empire Kingdom of Benin ⓘ surface form: Benin Kingdom
governingBody	Edo State ⓘ surface form: Edo State Government
hasAirport	Benin Airport ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Bendel Insurance F.C. ⓘ
hasHeritage	Benin Bronzes ⓘ surface form: Benin bronzes bronze casting tradition ⓘ court art of Benin ⓘ ivory carving tradition ⓘ
hasInstitution	Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research ⓘ
hasStructure	Benin City walls ⓘ Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler	Oba of Benin ⓘ
hasUniversity	Benson Idahosa University ⓘ University of Benin ⓘ
historicalEvent	Benin Expedition of 1897 ⓘ surface form: British punitive expedition of 1897
knownFor	Benin Bronzes ⓘ surface form: Benin bronzes bronze casting guilds ⓘ historical city walls ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ
koppenClimateClassification	Aw ⓘ
language	Edo language ⓘ English language ⓘ
locatedIn	Edo State ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Niger Delta ⓘ surface form: Niger Delta region Southern Nigeria ⓘ surface form: southern Nigeria
majorEconomicActivity	artisanal bronze casting ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ trade ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional Edo religion ⓘ
roadConnection	Abuja ⓘ Lagos ⓘ Onitsha ⓘ Port Harcourt ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

Nnimmo Bassey → placeOfResidence → Benin City ⓘ

Ogwashi-Ukwu → hasRoadConnectionTo → Benin City ⓘ

Urhobo people → diaspora → Benin City ⓘ

Warri → roadConnection → Benin City ⓘ

Rema → placeOfBirth → Benin City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Rema → origin → Benin City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin City, Nigeria

Edo State → capital → Benin City ⓘ

Edo State → hasMajorCity → Benin City ⓘ

Southern Nigeria → contains → Benin City ⓘ

Kingdom of Benin → capital → Benin City ⓘ

Lokoja → hasRoadConnectionTo → Benin City ⓘ

Benin Bronzes → significantPlace → Benin City ⓘ

Akure → nearbyCity → Benin City ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Nigeria → hasDivisionIn → Benin City ⓘ

Ughelli → roadConnection → Benin City ⓘ

Edo people → historicalCenter → Benin City ⓘ

Edo people → capitalCityOfHomeland → Benin City ⓘ

South South → capitalOrMajorCity → Benin City ⓘ

Bini language → spokenIn → Benin City ⓘ

Bini language → primaryCity → Benin City ⓘ

Air Peace → cityServed → Benin City ⓘ

Divine Ikubor → placeOfBirth → Benin City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Edo (Bini) → historicalCapital → Benin City ⓘ

Ekpoma → roadConnection → Benin City ⓘ

Ekpoma → nearestMajorCity → Benin City ⓘ

Irrua → hasTransportConnection → Benin City ⓘ

Fugar → stateCapital → Benin City ⓘ

University of Benin → city → Benin City ⓘ

Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

Igun Street bronze casters’ guild → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria → hasMajorCity → Benin City ⓘ

Benin Airport → cityServed → Benin City ⓘ

Benin Airport → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

Benin Airport → serves → Benin City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin City metropolitan area

Benin City National Museum → location → Benin City ⓘ

Auchi → roadConnection → Benin City ⓘ

Oba of Benin → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

Oba of Benin → capitalOfDomain → Benin City ⓘ

South-South Nigeria → majorCity → Benin City ⓘ

Edo → historicalNameOf → Benin City ⓘ

Edo → modernSuccessor → Benin City ⓘ

Bini → historicalCapital → Benin City ⓘ

subject surface form: Bini people

Edo language → primaryRegion → Benin City ⓘ

Oba Ewuare I → capitalRuledFrom → Benin City ⓘ

Oba Ozolua → placeOfRule → Benin City ⓘ

ivory carvers guild → operatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

subject surface form: Ivory Carvers Guild

Benin City walls → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

Benin moats → locatedIn → Benin City ⓘ

Benin moats → encloses → Benin City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin City core area

Benin Expedition of 1897 → location → Benin City ⓘ