Ilorin

E67240
city state capital

Ilorin is a major city in western Nigeria and the capital of Kwara State, known as a historic Yoruba and Islamic cultural center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
administrativeStatus Local Government Area headquarters ⓘ
airportIATA ILR ⓘ
capitalOf Kwara State NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
connectedByHighway A1 highway (Nigeria) ⓘ
A2 highway (Nigeria) ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
demographicsMajorEthnicGroup Yoruba ⓘ
demographicsSignificantEthnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa people ⓘ
surface form: Hausa

Nupe ⓘ
foundedBy Yoruba people ⓘ
foundingCentury 18th century ⓘ
hasAirport Ilorin International Airport ⓘ
hasCollege College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Ilorin East ⓘ
Ilorin South ⓘ
Ilorin West ⓘ
hasPolytechnic Kwara State Polytechnic ⓘ
hasStadium Kwara State Stadium ⓘ
hasUniversity Al-Hikmah University ⓘ
University of Ilorin ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Oyo Empire ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
isTransportHubFor road transport in Kwara State ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Yoruba culture ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditional Islamic schools ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
languageMajor Yoruba ⓘ
languageWidelySpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
locatedIn Kwara State NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInGeopoliticalZone North Central ⓘ
locatedInRegion North Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableInstitution University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital ⓘ
regionEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
religionSignificant Christianity ⓘ
river Asa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
sportsPopular football ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kwara State → capital → Ilorin ⓘ
Kwara State → largestCity → Ilorin ⓘ
Yoruba people → majorCity → Ilorin ⓘ