Osun State

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state in Nigeria

Osun State is a southwestern Nigerian state that is a cultural and historical heartland of the Yoruba people, known for its traditional festivals and religious heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osun State canonical 35
Osun 4
Osun State Government 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borders Ekiti State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Ogun State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Oyo State ⓘ
capital Osogbo ⓘ
contains Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife ⓘ
surface form: Ile-Ife palace of the Ooni

Obafemi Awolowo University ⓘ
Osun River ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Oyo State ⓘ
culturalHeartlandOf Yoruba people ⓘ
dateEstablished 1991-08-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Ibolo Yoruba

Ifẹ people ⓘ
Ijesha ⓘ
surface form: Ijesa
hasMajorCity Ede ⓘ
Ejigbo ⓘ
Ikire ⓘ
Ikirun ⓘ
Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ilesa ⓘ
Iragbiji ⓘ
Iwo ⓘ
hasReligionSite Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ
hasTraditionalRulerTitle Ataoja of Osogbo ⓘ
Ooni of Ife ⓘ
knownFor Yoruba cultural heritage ⓘ
art and sculpture ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
textile crafts ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
largestCity Osogbo ⓘ
locatedIn Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
majorEthnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
namedAfter Osun River ⓘ
nickname State of the Living Spring ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
region Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
religiousHeritage Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
traditionalFestival Egungun Festival ⓘ
New Yam Festival ⓘ
Olojo Festival ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Osun State ⓘ
Western Nigeria → includesState → Osun State ⓘ
Oyo State → borders → Osun State ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Osun State ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Festival → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Festival → honorsDeity → Osun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun
Olojo Festival → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Action Congress of Nigeria → stronghold → Osun State ⓘ
Alliance for Democracy → notableStronghold → Osun State ⓘ
Ijesha → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ogun State → borders → Osun State ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → contains → Osun State ⓘ
Ondo State → bordersState → Osun State ⓘ
Ile-Ife → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ekiti State → sharesBorderWith → Osun State ⓘ
Kwara State → bordersState → Osun State ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo University → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osogbo → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osogbo → capitalOf → Osun State ⓘ
Oro festival → practicedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osun River → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osun River → state → Osun State ⓘ
Yoruboid languages → spokenIn → Osun State ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → residence → Osun State ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → basedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Wunmonije compound → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ita Yemoo → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Osun priestesses → primaryDeityServed → Osun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun
Oba Okunade Sijuwade → placeOfActivity → Osun State ⓘ
Ife Museum → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ife Museum → regionServed → Osun State ⓘ
Arugba → associatedWithDeity → Osun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun
Arugba → location → Osun State ⓘ
Bisi Akande → officeHeldJurisdiction → Osun State ⓘ
Bisi Akande → residence → Osun State ⓘ
Rauf Aregbesola → residence → Osun State ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → locatedIn → Osun State ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → recognizedBy → Osun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun State Government
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove → dedicatedToDeity → Osun State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osun