Ogun State

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria
borders Lagos State
Ondo State
Osun State
Oyo State
Benin
surface form: Republic of Benin
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

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Ijebu North partOfState Ogun State
Ijebu East locatedIn Ogun State
Ogun River flowsThrough Ogun State
Remo locatedIn Ogun State
Remo historicalRegionOf Ogun State
Abeokuta North locatedIn Ogun State
Abeokuta North subdivisionName1 Ogun State
Ado-Odo/Ota locatedIn Ogun State
Ado-Odo/Ota isIndustrialHubOf Ogun State
Yewa South locatedIn Ogun State