Ekiti State

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state in Nigeria

Ekiti State is a landlocked, predominantly Yoruba-speaking state in southwestern Nigeria known for its hilly terrain and strong emphasis on education.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ekiti State canonical 23
Ekiti 1
Ekiti State Government 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
capital Ado-Ekiti ⓘ
surface form: Ado Ekiti
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdBy Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
surface form: Sani Abacha military administration
createdOn 1996-10-01 ⓘ
demographics predominantly rural with growing urban centers ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
educationReputation high literacy rate relative to Nigerian average ⓘ
geographicalFeature undulating and hilly landscape ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Ekiti State ⓘ
hasInstitution Afe Babalola University ⓘ
Ekiti State University ⓘ
Federal University Oye-Ekiti ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 16 ⓘ
isLandlocked true ⓘ
isoCode NG-EK ⓘ
knownFor hilly terrain ⓘ
strong emphasis on education ⓘ
largestCity Ado-Ekiti ⓘ
surface form: Ado Ekiti
legislature Ekiti State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South West Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
majorCrop cassava ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
kolanut ⓘ
timber ⓘ
yam ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Yoruba ⓘ
motto Fountain of Knowledge ⓘ
nickname Fountain of Knowledge ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 360 ⓘ
predominantLanguage Yoruba ⓘ
regionBeforeStateCreation Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Nigeria
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Kogi State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
splitFrom Ondo State ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
traditionalSubgroup Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Ekiti Yoruba
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode EK ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Ekiti State ⓘ
Western Nigeria → includesState → Ekiti State ⓘ
Action Congress of Nigeria → stronghold → Ekiti State ⓘ
Edo State → borderedBy → Ekiti State ⓘ
Alliance for Democracy → notableStronghold → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ekiti → associatedWith → Ekiti State ⓘ
Osun State → borders → Ekiti State ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → contains → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ondo State → bordersState → Ekiti State ⓘ
Kwara State → bordersState → Ekiti State ⓘ
Kogi State → bordersState → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → locatedIn → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → capitalOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → largestCityOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → administrativeCenterOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → isEducationalCenterOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → isCommercialCenterOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → isSeatOf → Ekiti State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ekiti State Government
Oro festival → practicedIn → Ekiti State ⓘ
Osun River → flowsThrough → Ekiti State ⓘ
Osun River → state → Ekiti State ⓘ
Yoruboid languages → spokenIn → Ekiti State ⓘ
Ukaan language → region → Ekiti State ⓘ
Kayode Fayemi → residence → Ekiti State ⓘ
NG-EK → hasSubdivisionName → Ekiti State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ekiti