Western Nigeria

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geographical region historical region

Western Nigeria is a historical and geographical region of Nigeria that largely corresponds to the predominantly Yoruba-speaking southwestern part of the country.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Yorubaland 19
Southwestern Nigeria 16
Southwest Nigeria 11

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Central Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
colonialEraAdministrativeUnit Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Nigeria
country Nigeria ⓘ
dominantCulture Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba culture
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
hasHigherEducationCenter Obafemi Awolowo University ⓘ
University of Ibadan ⓘ
University of Lagos ⓘ
hasPortCity Lagos ⓘ
historicallyCorrespondsTo Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Nigeria
includesCity Abeokuta ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti ⓘ
Akure ⓘ
Ibadan ⓘ
Ilorin ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
Osogbo ⓘ
includesState Ekiti State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Lagos State ⓘ
Ogun State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
Oyo State ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInRegion West Africa ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Yoruba traditional religion ⓘ
partOf Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
predominantEthnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
predominantLanguage Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba language
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Ondo State → belongsToGeopoliticalZone → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Western Nigeria → colonialEraAdministrativeUnit → Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Region, Nigeria
Nigeria → containsRegion → Western Nigeria ⓘ
Ile-Ife → culturalRegion → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Western Nigeria → hasCulturalRegion → Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Southern Nigeria → hasPart → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Ibadan → historicalRegion → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Region of Nigeria
Western Nigeria → historicallyCorrespondsTo → Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Region, Nigeria
Apapa Port → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Awujale of Ijebu → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Egba → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Epe → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Ibadan → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Ibadan → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
this entity surface form: South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Ife Kingdom → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ife Kingdom → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ijebu-Ode → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ijebu-Ode → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Ijesha → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ikorodu → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Ile-Ife → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Lagos → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Lagos Island → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Ogun State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Ogun State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Osun State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Osun State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Osun-Osogbo Festival → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Oyo → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Oyo State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Oyo State → locatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
Epe → locatedInGeographicRegion → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
this entity surface form: South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Ifa → originatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Ifa → originatedIn → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Awori → partOf → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Egba → partOf → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Ekiti → partOf → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Ijesha → partOf → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Oyo → partOf → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Western Nigeria → partOf → Western Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Alaafin of Oyo → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ekiti → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Eyo Festival → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Lagos → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland