Ogun State

E63125
state in Nigeria

Ogun State is a southwestern Nigerian state known as a key Yoruba cultural heartland and an important industrial and educational hub.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Government of Ogun State 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Lagos State ⓘ
Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oyo State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Abeokuta ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom former Western State of Nigeria ⓘ
creationDate 1976-02-03 ⓘ
federalConstituencyOf Nigeria ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Ogun State ⓘ
hasIndustrialArea Agbara Industrial Estate ⓘ
Ota industrial corridor ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Abeokuta North ⓘ
Abeokuta South ⓘ
Ado-Odo/Ota ⓘ
Ijebu North ⓘ
Ijebu-Ode ⓘ
surface form: Ijebu Ode

Remo ⓘ
surface form: Remo North

Sagamu ⓘ
Yewa North ⓘ
Yewa South ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 20 ⓘ
hasNickname Gateway State ⓘ
hasPolytechnic Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ijebu-Ode campus ⓘ
surface form: Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
hasUniversity Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta ⓘ
Olabisi Onabanjo University ⓘ
isoCode NG-OG ⓘ
knownFor Yoruba culture ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ
largestCity Abeokuta ⓘ
legislature Ogun State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South West Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
majorEthnicGroup Yoruba ⓘ
majorEthnicSubgroup Egba ⓘ
Ijebu-Ode ⓘ
surface form: Ijebu

Remo ⓘ
Yewa ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Ogun River ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 110 ⓘ
regionType Yoruba cultural heartland ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
traditionalReligion Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode OG ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Ikorodu → borderedBy → Ogun State ⓘ
Oyo State → borders → Ogun State ⓘ
Western Nigeria → includesState → Ogun State ⓘ
Awujale of Ijebu → locatedIn → Ogun State ⓘ
Ijebu-Ode → locatedIn → Ogun State ⓘ
Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Ogun State ⓘ
Awujale of Ijebu → recognizedBy → Ogun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Ogun State
Egba → region → Ogun State ⓘ