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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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Oyo State canonical	61
Oyo State Government	3
Oyo Province	2
Ibadan area of Oyo State	1
Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State	1
Oyo	1
Oyo State Local Government Areas	1
Oyo State government	1
Oyo State, Nigeria	1
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria	1
Resident, Oyo Province	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 (74)

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

Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan → capitalOf → Oyo State ⓘ

Western Nigeria → includesState → Oyo State ⓘ

Alaafin of Oyo → titleHolderResidence → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria

Alaafin of Oyo → recognizedBy → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo State government

Oyo → modernSuccessorState → Oyo State ⓘ

Action Congress of Nigeria → stronghold → Oyo State ⓘ

Alliance for Democracy → notableStronghold → Oyo State ⓘ

Ogun State → borders → Oyo State ⓘ

Osun State → borders → Oyo State ⓘ

Osun State → createdFrom → Oyo State ⓘ

Southern Nigeria → contains → Oyo State ⓘ

Kwara State → bordersState → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-East Local Government Area → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-East Local Government Area → subdivisionName1 → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-East Local Government Area → belongsTo → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo State Local Government Areas

University College Hospital, Ibadan → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

University College Hospital, Ibadan → state → Oyo State ⓘ

Agodi Gardens → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Bower’s Tower → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Ibadan campus) → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Oyo State ⓘ

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Ibadan campus) → governedBy → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo State Government

Cocoa House → location → Oyo State ⓘ

Cocoa House → state → Oyo State ⓘ

Mapo Hall → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Oyo State ⓘ

Mapo Hall → ownedBy → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo State Government

University of Ibadan → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

University of Ibadan → state → Oyo State ⓘ

Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Dugbe Market → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Dugbe Market → region → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan Airport → regionServed → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan Airport → subdivision → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan North Local Government Area → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan North Local Government Area → subdivisionName1 → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-West Local Government Area → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-West Local Government Area → subdivisionOf → Oyo State ⓘ

Ibadan South-West Local Government Area → hasParentAdministrativeUnit → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo State Government

Liberty Stadium → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Liberty Stadium → regionServed → Oyo State ⓘ

Oyo palace → locatedInRegion → Oyo State ⓘ

subject surface form: Oyo Palace

New Oyo → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Oro festival → practicedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Osun River → flowsThrough → Oyo State ⓘ

Osun River → state → Oyo State ⓘ

Western State, Nigeria → succeededBy → Oyo State ⓘ

Western State, Nigeria → partlyReorganizedInto → Oyo State ⓘ

Iseyin → locatedIn → Oyo State ⓘ

Iseyin → regionType → Oyo State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State