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.

National Theatre Lagos → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Olodumare → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Olojo Festival → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
Ooni of Ife → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Osun State → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Osun-Osogbo Festival → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
Tafawa Balewa Square → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South West Nigeria
Yoruba → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
dundun ensemble → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
dundun ensemble → region → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Alliance for Democracy → regionOfSupport → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Third Mainland Bridge → regionServed → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Nigeria
Alaafin of Oyo → sphereOfInfluence → Western Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorubaland