Osogbo

E128015
city state capital

Osogbo is a major city in southwestern Nigeria known for its rich Yoruba cultural heritage and the UNESCO-listed Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Osogbo canonical 22
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove 4
Oshogbo 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
capitalOf Osun State ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubdivision South West geopolitical zone ⓘ
surface form: South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
culturalMovement Osogbo School of Art ⓘ
economicActivity art and crafts ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
festival Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
function administrative centre of Osun State ⓘ
commercial centre ⓘ
cultural centre ⓘ
hasCulturalSite Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ
palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Osun State College of Technology (nearby in Esa-Oke, regionally associated) ⓘ
Osun State University (main campus vicinity) ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 2005 (Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove) ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove)
knownFor Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ
Yoruba cultural heritage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Osun State ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
namedAfter Osun River ⓘ
populationGroup predominantly Yoruba ⓘ
region forest-savanna transition zone ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
religiousSite shrines of the goddess Osun ⓘ
religiousTradition worship of Osun ⓘ
river Osun River ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
tourism cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
tourismAttraction Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ
surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove art and sculptures

annual Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Ataoja of Osogbo ⓘ
transportInfrastructure road network connecting to Akure ⓘ
road network connecting to Ibadan ⓘ
road network connecting to Ilorin ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Western Nigeria → includesCity → Osogbo ⓘ
Asheville, North Carolina → sisterCity → Osogbo ⓘ
Oshun → centerOfCult → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Oshun → centerOfCult → Osogbo ⓘ
Oshun → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteAssociated → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Osun-Osogbo Festival → locatedIn → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Festival → mainVenue → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Osun-Osogbo Festival → associatedSite → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Osun-Osogbo Festival → linkedTo → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove UNESCO World Heritage Site
Osun State → capital → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun State → largestCity → Osogbo ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → contains → Osogbo ⓘ
Yoruba people → majorCity → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oshogbo
Osun River → flowsThrough → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun priestesses → mainLocation → Osogbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osogbo, Nigeria
Arugba → location → Osogbo ⓘ
Rauf Aregbesola → workLocation → Osogbo ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → locatedIn → Osogbo ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → titleHolderOf → Osogbo ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → jurisdiction → Osogbo ⓘ
Erin Ijesa → stateCapital → Osogbo ⓘ
Ede → locatedNear → Osogbo ⓘ
Ikirun → locatedNear → Osogbo ⓘ
Iwo → stateCapitalOfOsunState → Osogbo ⓘ
Ikire → roadConnection → Osogbo ⓘ
Ikire → nearbyCity → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove → locatedIn → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove → associatedCity → Osogbo ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove → nearbyUrbanArea → Osogbo ⓘ