Osogbo

Osogbo is a city of almost 400,000 people in in Southwest Nigeria. Osogbo, sometimes called "Ile Aro", is a major dyeing centre.
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  • Type: City with 157,000 residents
  • Description: city and local government area in Osun State, Nigeria
  • Also known as: Eshogbo”, “Oshogbo”, and “Oṣogbo

Places of Interest

Highlights include UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital.

Hospital
is a state owned medical teaching hospital located in Osogbo, , Nigeria to provide tertiary health care and support undergraduate medical students from Osun State University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Osun-Osogbo.

Locality
is a sacred grove along the banks of the Osun river just outside the city of Osogbo, of . The Grove is several centuries old and is among the last of the sacred forests that once adjoined the edges of most Yoruba cities before extensive urbanization.

Osogbo

Latitude
7.7792° or 7° 46′ 45″ north
Longitude
4.5539° or 4° 33′ 14″ east
Population
157,000
Elevation
336 metres (1,102 feet)
Open location code
6FV6QHH3+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501540896
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2325590
Wiki­data ID
Q868203
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Osogbo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوسوغبو
  • Armenian: Օշոգբո
  • Asturian: Osogbo
  • Azerbaijani: Oşoqbo
  • Bavarian: Oshogbo
  • Belarusian: Ашогба
  • Bengali: ওসোগবো
  • Bulgarian: Ошогбо
  • Catalan: Osogbo
  • Cebuano: Osogbo (distrito)
  • Cebuano: Osogbo
  • Chinese: Osogbo
  • Chinese: 奥绍博
  • Chinese: 奧紹博
  • Croatian: Oshogbo
  • Croatian: Osogbo
  • Croatian: Oṣogbo
  • Croatian: Svetište boginje Osun-Osogbo
  • Czech: Oshogbo
  • Dagbani: Osogbo
  • Danish: Oshogbo
  • Danish: Osogbo
  • Dutch: Oshogbo
  • Dutch: Osogbo
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوسوجبو
  • Esperanto: Osogbo
  • Finnish: Osogbo
  • French: Oshogbo
  • French: Osogbo
  • German: Oshogbo
  • Greek: Οσόγκμπο
  • Gujarati: ઓસોગ્બો
  • Hausa: Osogbo
  • Hebrew: אוסוגבו
  • Hindi: ओसोग्बो
  • Hungarian: Oshogbo
  • Igbo: Oshogbo
  • Igbo: Osogbo
  • Igbo: Oṣogbo
  • Indonesian: Osogbo
  • Italian: Oshogbo
  • Italian: Osogbo
  • Italian: Oṣogbo
  • Japanese: オショグボ
  • Japanese: オショッボ
  • Japanese: オソグボ
  • Kannada: ಓಸೊಗ್ಬೋ
  • Korean: 오쇼그보
  • Latvian: Ošogbo
  • Lithuanian: Ošogbas
  • Malagasy: Osogbo
  • Malay: Osogbo
  • Marathi: ओसोग्बो
  • Min Nan Chinese: Osogbo
  • Moksha: Ошогба
  • Northern Frisian: Oshogbo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Osogbo
  • Norwegian: Osogbo
  • Persian: اوسوگبو
  • Polish: Oshogbo
  • Polish: Osogbo
  • Portuguese: História do nome osogbo
  • Portuguese: Ochobo
  • Portuguese: Oshogbo
  • Portuguese: Osogbo
  • Portuguese: Oxobo
  • Portuguese: Oxobô
  • Romanian: Oshogbo
  • Russian: Ошогбо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Osogbo
  • Sinhala: ඔසොග්බෝ
  • South Azerbaijani: اوسوقبو
  • Spanish: Osogbo
  • Swahili: Oshogbo
  • Swedish: Oshogbo
  • Swedish: Osogbo
  • Tamil: ஒசோஃபோ
  • Telugu: ఓసోగ్బో
  • Thai: โอโซริโอ
  • Turkish: Osogbo
  • Ukrainian: Ошогбо
  • Urdu: اوسوگبو
  • Uzbek: Oshogbo
  • Vietnamese: Osogbo
  • Waray (Philippines): Oshogbo
  • Waray (Philippines): Osogbo
  • Welsh: Osogbo
  • Yoruba: Oshogbo
  • Yoruba: Osogbo
  • Yoruba: Òṣogbo

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