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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.
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.
Old Oyo, also known as Oyo-Ile, Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo is the site of a ruined medieval city that was once the capital [1] of the Oyo Empire in what is now modern-day Nigeria. It has been abandoned since 1835. It was a major cultural and political center of West Africa during the empire's height. [2]
The Old Oyo National Park is one of the national parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria. [1] The park is 2,512 km 2 of land in northern Oyo state, south west Nigeria, at latitude 8° 15’ and 9° 00’N and longitude 3° 35’ and 4° 42’ E. [2] The location has inevitably placed the park at a vantage position of abundance land area as well as ...
Ogbomosho (also known as Ogbomoso and Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́) is a city in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. [2] It was founded in the mid 17th century. [3] The population was approximately 655,517 in 2024. [4] It is the second largest city in Oyo State and also among the most populated in Nigeria.
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.
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).
It is located in Dugbe, a major commercial area in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. It was built from proceeds of agricultural commodities (e.g., Cocoa, Rubber, Timber) of the then Western State of Nigeria. [6] The building today houses offices for major firms and broadcasting companies. [2]