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  2. Oyo State - Wikipedia

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    Oyo is a state in southwestern Nigeria.Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. [8] Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State for 337 km, to the southeast by Osun State for 187 km, partly across the River Osun, and to the south by Ogun State, and to the west by the Republic of Benin for 98 km.

  3. Oyo, Oyo State - Wikipedia

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    Oyo [1] is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria.It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà) to distinguish it from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars.

  4. List of villages in Oyo State - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of villages and settlements in Oyo State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given). [1] [2]

  5. States of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Map 1960–1963: At the time of independence in 1960, Nigeria was a federal state of three regions: Northern, Western, and Eastern. Additionally, provinces, which were a legacy of colonial and protectorate times, remained extant until they were abolished in 1976. 1963–1967

  6. List of Nigerian states by area - Wikipedia

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    This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas. Rank State km² 1 ... Oyo State: 28,454 15 Nasarawa State: 27,117 16 Sokoto State: 25,973 17

  7. Oyo Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa.It was located in present-day southern Benin and western Nigeria (including the South West zone and the western half of the North Central zone).

  8. Ibadan - Wikipedia

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    Ibadan (UK: / ɪ ˈ b æ d ən /, US: / ɪ ˈ b ɑː d ən /; [5] Yoruba: Ìbàdàn) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria.It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and nearly 4 million within its metropolitan area.

  9. South West (Nigeria) - Wikipedia

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    The South West (often hyphenated to the South-West) is one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's southwest. It comprises six states — Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo. [4] [5] It makes up part of Yorubaland in Nigeria, with Kwara and parts of Kogi completing it.