Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove

Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove in is a sacred forest and cultural heritage site on the outskirts of , , Nigeria. It lies along the Osun River and is regarded as the sacred abode of Osun, the Yoruba river goddess associated with fertility.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Sacred forest along the bank of Osun river in Osogbo
  • Also known as: “Osun Osogbo Grove”, “Osun-Osogbo”, “Osun-Osogbo Grove”, “Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove”, and “Temple of Osun”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Osogbo.

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is a city of almost 400,000 people in in Southwest Nigeria. , sometimes called "Ile Aro", is a major dyeing centre.

Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove

Latitude
7.7551° or 7° 45′ 18″ north
Longitude
4.5506° or 4° 33′ 2″ east
Open location code
6FV6QH42+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4245488118
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q621498
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yoruba—“Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Osun-Osoqbo”
  • Catalan: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Chinese: “奥孙-奥索博神树林”
  • Chinese: “奧孫-奧索博神樹林”
  • Danish: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Dutch: “Osun osogbo”
  • Dutch: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Finnish: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • French: “Forêt sacrée d’Osun-Oshogbo”
  • French: “Osun-Oshogbo”
  • Galician: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Georgian: “ოსუნ-ოსოგბო”
  • German: “Heiliger Hain der Göttin Osun”
  • Hausa: “Osun Osogbo Grove”
  • Hausa: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Hebrew: “אוסון-אוסוגבו”
  • Hindi: “ओसून-ओसोग्बो”
  • Igbo: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Italian: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Japanese: “オシュン＝オショグボの聖なる木立”
  • Japanese: “オスン-オソボ聖林”
  • Kotava: “Osun-Oshogbo”
  • Maltese: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Maltese: “Żona Sagra ta‘ Osun-Osogbo”
  • Nepali: “ओसुन-ओसोग्बो पवित्र उपवन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Norwegian: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Polish: “Święty gaj Osogbo”
  • Portuguese: “Bosque Sagrado de Osun-Osogbo”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Osun”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Oxum”
  • Russian: “Осун-Осогбо”
  • Spanish: “Bosque sagrado de Osun Osogbo”
  • Spanish: “Bosque sagrado de Osun-Osogbo”
  • Swedish: “Osun-Osogbo heliga lund”
  • Tatar: “Ошун-Ошогбо изге урманы”
  • Turkish: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Ukrainian: “Осун-Осогбо”
  • Vietnamese: “Osun-Osogbo”
  • Yoruba: “Osun-Osogbo”

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