Oyo State

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state in Nigeria

Oyo State is a southwestern Nigerian state historically known as the heartland of the old Oyo Empire and a major center of Yoruba culture and politics.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Oyo State Government 3
Oyo State Local Government Areas 1
Oyo State government 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Kwara State ⓘ
Ogun State ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
Oyo State, Benin Republic border region ⓘ
capital Ibadan ⓘ
containsTraditionalCity Oyo-Ile ⓘ
surface form: Oyo (Oyo Alaafin)
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Western State, Nigeria ⓘ
createdOn 1976-02-03 ⓘ
culturalGroup Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Oyo Yoruba
dominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Oyo State ⓘ
hasAirport Ibadan Airport ⓘ
hasCity Ibadan ⓘ
Ogbomoso ⓘ
hasPolytechnic The Polytechnic, Ibadan ⓘ
hasTown Eruwa ⓘ
Igbo-Ora ⓘ
Iseyin ⓘ
Oyo ⓘ
Saki ⓘ
hasTraditionalRulerTitle Alaafin of Oyo ⓘ
hasUniversity Ajayi Crowther University ⓘ
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Ibadan campus) ⓘ
surface form: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

University of Ibadan ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf Oyo Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Oyo Empire ⓘ
isoCode NG-OY ⓘ
knownFor Yoruba culture ⓘ
Yoruba politics ⓘ
largestCity Ibadan ⓘ
legislature Oyo State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South West Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
majorCrop cassava ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
maize ⓘ
yam ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Yoruba ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
otherReligion Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form: Traditional Yoruba religion
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode OY ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

this entity surface form: Oyo State Local Government Areas
Ibadan → capitalOf → Oyo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oyo State Government
this entity surface form: Oyo State Government
Western Nigeria → includesState → Oyo State ⓘ
Ibadan → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ
Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Oyo State ⓘ
Oyo → modernSuccessorState → Oyo State ⓘ
Mapo Hall → ownedBy → Oyo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oyo State Government
Alaafin of Oyo → recognizedBy → Oyo State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oyo State government
this entity surface form: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria