Southern Nigeria

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cultural region geopolitical region

Southern Nigeria is the southern geopolitical and cultural region of Nigeria, encompassing diverse ethnic groups, major coastal cities, and significant economic hubs including much of the country’s oil-producing areas.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Southern Nigeria canonical 38
southern Nigeria 24
Southern Nigeria Protectorate 5

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geopolitical region ⓘ
borders Northern Nigeria ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ
contains Aba ⓘ
Abeokuta ⓘ
Abia State ⓘ
Akure ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Anambra State ⓘ
Asaba ⓘ
Awka ⓘ
Bayelsa State ⓘ
Benin City ⓘ
Calabar ⓘ
Calabar ⓘ
surface form: Calabar Port

Cross River State ⓘ
Delta Niger Delta ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Ebonyi State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Ekiti State ⓘ
Enugu ⓘ
Enugu State ⓘ
Ibadan ⓘ
Imo State ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
Apapa Port ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Port Complex

Lagos State ⓘ
Niger Delta ⓘ
Ogun State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
Onne Port ⓘ
Osogbo ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
Owerri ⓘ
Oyo State ⓘ
Port Harcourt ⓘ
Port Harcourt ⓘ
surface form: Port Harcourt Port

Rivers State ⓘ
Umuahia ⓘ
Uyo ⓘ
Warri ⓘ
Yenagoa ⓘ
major seaports of Nigeria ⓘ
much of Nigeria's oil reserves ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic high population density ⓘ
economicRole commercial hub of Nigeria ⓘ
industrial hub of Nigeria ⓘ
oil-producing region ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasPart Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South East Nigeria

South-South Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South South Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: South West Nigeria
historicalRegion area of former Southern Nigeria Protectorate ⓘ
includes major financial centre Lagos ⓘ
locatedIn Nigeria ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Anioma people ⓘ
Edo people ⓘ
Efik people ⓘ
Ibibio people ⓘ
Igbo people ⓘ
Ijaw people ⓘ
Ikwerre people ⓘ
Isoko people ⓘ
Itsekiri people ⓘ
Urhobo people ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Southern Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian South geopolitical zone
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
urbanizationLevel highly urbanized region ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
widelySpokenLanguage Efik language ⓘ
Ibibio language ⓘ
Igbo people ⓘ
surface form: Igbo

Ijaw languages ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

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

Eastern Nigeria → partOf → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Western Nigeria → partOf → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ogwashi-Ukwu → locatedInRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ogwashi-Ukwu → locatedInGeopoliticalZone → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South-South Nigeria
Urhobo people → populationRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Bayelsa State → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Bayelsa State → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South South Nigeria
Akwa Ibom State → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: South South Nigeria
Itsekiri people → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Niger Delta conflict → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Warri → locatedInArea → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Rivers State → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Edo State → locatedInRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Yenagoa → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → partOf → Southern Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian South geopolitical zone
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Dawanau grain market → regionServed → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ijoid languages → spokenIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Okrika → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ikwerre people → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Gbaramatu Ijaw → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
British West Africa → includes → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Ogboin Ijaw → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Boma Ijaw → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Benin City → locatedInRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Nembe → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Delta State → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Central Nigeria → borderedBy → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Garden City → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Jebba → connectsRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
House of Assembly → usedInCountry → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Nigeria (historically)
Asaba → locatedInRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Urhobo → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Edoid languages → spokenPrimarilyIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Oghene → culturalContext → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Aziza → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Effurun → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Oghara → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Abraka → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Oleh → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Edo people → primaryRegion → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Afang soup → regionOfOrigin → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ekpang Nkukwo → regionOfOrigin → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Kolokuma/Opokuma → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State University → locatedIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Defoid languages → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Bini language → spokenIn → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Nigeria
Warri Kingdom → partOf → Southern Nigeria ⓘ
Ode-Itsekiri → region → Southern Nigeria ⓘ