Oye
Oye is a town and local government area in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Oye Local Government Area was carved out from the defunct Ekiti North Local Government on 17 May 1989.- Type: Locality with 134,000 residents
- Description: LGA and town in Ekiti State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Oye”, “Oye Ekiti”, and “Oye-Ekiti”
Oye
- Category: local government area of Nigeria
- Location: Ekiti State, South West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.7998° or 7° 47′ 59″ north
Longitude
5.3324° or 5° 19′ 57″ east
Population
134,000
Elevation
536 metres (1,759 feet)
Open location code
6FV7Q8XJ+WX
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Oye” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oye (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Oye”
- French: “Oye”
- Hausa: “Oye”
- Igbo: “Oye”
- Italian: “Oye”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oye”
- Portuguese: “Oiê”
- Portuguese: “Oye (Nigéria)”
- Spanish: “Oye”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Oye”
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