Egba territory

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Egba territory was a historical Yoruba region in what is now southwestern Nigeria, centered around Abeokuta and inhabited predominantly by the Egba people.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Egba region 2
Alake of Egbaland 1
Egba land 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba region
historical region
associatedWith Abeokuta wars NERFINISHED
Egba wars NERFINISHED
capital Abeokuta NERFINISHED
centeredOn Abeokuta NERFINISHED
colonialEraStatus within British sphere of influence
culturalRegionOf Egba people NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Egba people NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Egba Ake NERFINISHED
Egba Gbagura NERFINISHED
Egba Oke Ona NERFINISHED
Egba Owu NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 19th century
inhabitedBy Egba people NERFINISHED
language Yoruba language NERFINISHED
laterReligion Christianity
Islam NERFINISHED
locatedIn Nigeria NERFINISHED
Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED
nowPartOf Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED
Ogun State NERFINISHED
partOf Yorubaland NERFINISHED
politicalCenter Abeokuta NERFINISHED
preColonialStatus independent Yoruba polity
regionType ethno-political territory
religion traditional Yoruba religion
subgroupOf Yoruba polities NERFINISHED
traditionalRulerTitle Alake of Egbaland NERFINISHED
usedLanguageVariety Egba dialect of Yoruba

Referenced by (5)

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

Egba Ijebu associatedWithRegion Egba territory
this entity surface form: Egba region
Egba Ijebu hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Egba territory
this entity surface form: Egba region
Egba chieftaincy system hasSupremeRulerTitle Egba territory
this entity surface form: Alake of Egbaland
Egba council of chiefs locatedIn Egba territory
this entity surface form: Egba land
Ijebu Kingdom sharesBorderWith Egba territory