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Oyo State

Oyo is a state in . Its capital is , the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in .
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is a city of 4,004,000 people in Oyo State, . Its historic significance in the affairs of the declining Oyo Empire has endowed it with a lot of places to see and its location at the edge of the Yoruba heartland makes it an ideal base to explore the major Yoruba cities which might not always have as many developed facilities for the foreigner as does.

is a town in Oyo State, , with a population of approximately 245,000 according to the 2006 census. may be visited for its historical relics including the long-living tortoise, commonly referred to as "Alagba," which was believed to have been existing for centuries from about the year 1675.

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is an ancient city in State, . It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic empire, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' to distinguish it from the former capital to the north known as 'Old Oyo', which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars.

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is a city located in Oyo State, in the southwestern region of Nigeria. It is about 100 km north of . According to a 2005 United Nations estimate, the population was put around 236,000, which increased to about 303,000 in 2011.

is one of the most popular tourist attraction centres in Nigeria, named after Old Oyo town called Oyo-ile – the political capital of the Oyo Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries.

is in the northern part of Oyo state, western Nigeria. It lies close to the wellspring of the Ofiki River, around 40 miles from the Benin line.

is a city and the headquarters of Ibarapa Central, south-western Nigeria, 80 kilometres north of Lagos. In 2006 the population of the town was approximately 72,207 people. In 2017 the population is estimated to be around 278,514 people.

is a town in Oyo State, . It is the headquarters of the Orelope Local Government Area. It has an estimated population of 200,000.

Local Government Area is a local government area of Oyo State with its administrative headquarter in . is called the "Food Basket of Oyo State".

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is a town located at Oke Ogun, Olorunshogo Local Government Area of Oyo State, . The town's population was approximately 81,000 at the 2006 census.

which means 'pieces of yam are available here’ is a town and the headquarters of Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, in .

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Kisi is a large town in Oyo State, . It is the headquarters of the Local Government Area. Kishi, is located at the northern part of Oyo State.

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is in Oyo State. is a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, South West Nigeria. It is a neighbouring town to Ayete and Tapa.

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is in southwest Nigeria in Oyo state. It's a Yoruba speaking community with neighboring environment like Alubo, Bode, Igboje, Ijo, Imoba, Isia, Isemi, Oke-Ogun, Ogan, Olele and Pamo.

is the biggest town in Saki East Local Government Area of Oke-Ogun Oyo State in .

Oyo State

Latitude of center
8° north
Longitude of center
4° east
Population
6,620,000
Elevation
302 metres (991 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2325190
Wiki­data ID
Q503905
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Oyo State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أويو”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أويو”
  • Armenian: “Օյո նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oyo ştatı”
  • Belarusian: “Оя (штат)”
  • Belarusian: “Оя”
  • Belarusian: “штат Оя”
  • Bulgarian: “Ойо”
  • Catalan: “Estat d’Oyo”
  • Catalan: “Oyo”
  • Cebuano: “Oyo State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Oyo”
  • Chinese: “Oyo Chiu”
  • Chinese: “奥约州”
  • Chinese: “奧約州”
  • Czech: “Oyo (stát)”
  • Czech: “Oyo”
  • Danish: “Oyo”
  • Dutch: “Oyo”
  • Esperanto: “Ojo Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Ojo”
  • Esperanto: “ŝtato Ojo”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Ojo”
  • Estonian: “Oyo osariik”
  • Finnish: “Oyo”
  • French: “Etat d’Oyo”
  • French: “État d’Oyo”
  • French: “Oyo”
  • Fulah: “Oyo”
  • Galician: “Estado de Oyo”
  • Georgian: “ოიოს შტატი”
  • German: “NG-OY”
  • German: “Oyo”
  • Greek: “πολιτεία Όγιο”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Oyo tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Oyo”
  • Hausa: “Oyo”
  • Hebrew: “אויו”
  • Hindi: “ओयो राज्य”
  • Icelandic: “Oyo-fylki”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Ọyọ”
  • Igbo: “Oyo state”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Oyo”
  • Indonesian: “Oyo”
  • Italian: “Oyo”
  • Japanese: “Ọyọ State”
  • Japanese: “オヨ州”
  • Korean: “오요주”
  • Latvian: “Ojo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oyo Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Oyo State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oyo (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oyo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oyo”
  • Norwegian: “Oyo”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Oyo State”
  • Obolo: “Ọyọ”
  • Persian: “ایالت اویو”
  • Polish: “Oyo”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Oyo”
  • Portuguese: “Oió”
  • Portuguese: “Oyo”
  • Romanian: “Statul Oyo”
  • Russian: “Ойо”
  • Serbian: “Ојо”
  • Sindhi: “اويو رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ඔයෝ ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව)”
  • Sinhala: “ඔයෝ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovenian: “Oyo (zvezna država)”
  • Slovenian: “Oyo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اویو ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Oyo”
  • Spanish: “Oyo”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Oyo”
  • Swahili: “Oyo State”
  • Swahili: “Oyo”
  • Swedish: “Oyo”
  • Tumbuka: “Oyo State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Oyo Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Oyo”
  • Tyap: “NG-OY”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Oyo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ойо (штат)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ойо”
  • Urdu: “اویو ریاست”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oyo (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oyo”
  • Western Mari: “Ойо”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Oyo”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlè Oyo”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́”
  • Yoruba: “Oyo State”

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