Edo State

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state in Nigeria

Edo State is an inland state in southern Nigeria known for its capital Benin City, rich Benin Kingdom heritage, and role as a cultural and economic hub in the region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Edo State canonical 40
Edo State Government 5
Bendel State 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borderedBy Anambra State ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Ekiti State ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
capital Benin City ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
hasAirport Benin Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalSite Benin City National Museum ⓘ
Igun Street bronze casters’ guild ⓘ
Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin ⓘ
hasHeritage Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
surface form: Benin Kingdom
hasInstitution Ambrose Alli University ⓘ
Edo State University Uzairue ⓘ
University of Benin ⓘ
hasMajorCity Benin City ⓘ
hasMajorTown Auchi ⓘ
Ekpoma ⓘ
Fugar ⓘ
Etsako ⓘ
surface form: Igarra

Irrua ⓘ
Sabongida-Ora ⓘ
Uromi ⓘ
hasResource palm produce ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasRiver Niger River ⓘ
hasSector agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler Oba of Benin ⓘ
isCulturalHubOf South-South Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South–South Nigeria
isEconomicHubOf South-South Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South–South Nigeria
isInland true ⓘ
knownFor Benin Bronzes ⓘ
surface form: Benin bronzes

bronze casting tradition ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
rich Benin Kingdom heritage ⓘ
traditional monarchy of the Oba of Benin ⓘ
locatedInRegion Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta region

Southern Nigeria ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Akoko-Edo ⓘ
Edo (Bini) ⓘ
Esan ⓘ
Etsako ⓘ
Owan ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Niger Delta → contains → Edo State ⓘ
Ijaw → primaryRegion → Edo State ⓘ
Niger Delta Development Commission → regionServed → Edo State ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → contains → Edo State ⓘ
Ondo State → bordersState → Edo State ⓘ
Kogi State → bordersState → Edo State ⓘ
Ijaw people → stateOfResidence → Edo State ⓘ
Ijaw languages → primaryRegion → Edo State ⓘ
Benin City → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Benin City → capitalOf → Edo State ⓘ
Benin City → governingBody → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edo State Government
Delta State → bordersState → Edo State ⓘ
Delta State → createdFrom → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bendel State
Anioma region → sharesBorderWith → Edo State ⓘ
Edoid languages → spokenInState → Edo State ⓘ
Edo people → primaryState → Edo State ⓘ
Edo people → ethnicGroupIn → Edo State ⓘ
South South → comprisesState → Edo State ⓘ
Yoruboid languages → spokenIn → Edo State ⓘ
Bini language → primaryRegion → Edo State ⓘ
Itsekiri language → region → Edo State ⓘ
Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Edo State ⓘ
Edo (Bini) → primaryState → Edo State ⓘ
Esan → primaryLocation → Edo State ⓘ
Esan → stateInNigeria → Edo State ⓘ
Etsako → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Etsako → primaryArea → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Edo State
Etsako → state → Edo State ⓘ
Owan → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Owan → associatedWithState → Edo State ⓘ
Akoko-Edo → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Ekpoma → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Ekpoma → isEducationalCenterOf → Edo State ⓘ
Uromi → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Irrua → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Sabongida-Ora → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Fugar → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
University of Benin → state → Edo State ⓘ
Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
Igun Street bronze casters’ guild → locatedIn → Edo State ⓘ
South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria → comprisesState → Edo State ⓘ
Adams Oshiomhole → workLocation → Edo State ⓘ
Adams Oshiomhole → residence → Edo State ⓘ
Ambrose Alli University → governedBy → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edo State Government
Edo State University Uzairue → owner → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edo State Government
Edo State University Uzairue → founder → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edo State Government
Edo State University Uzairue → fundingSource → Edo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edo State Government