Oyo State

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Oyo State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria.[1] It is located in south-west part of Nigeria and its capital is Ibadan, the largest city in Nigeria.[2]

 
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Location of Ọyọ State in Nigeria
Coordinates: 8°00′N 4°00′E / 8.000°N 4.000°E / 8.000; 4.000Coordinates: 8°00′N 4°00′E / 8.000°N 4.000°E / 8.000; 4.000[4]
Country Nigeria
Date created3 February 1976
CapitalIbadan
Government
 • Governor[5]Oluwaseyi Makinde (PDP)
 • Deputy GovernorRauf Olaniyan
 • Senators
 • RepresentativesList
Area
 • Total28,454 km2 (10,986 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[6]
 • Total5,580,894[3]
GDP
 • Year2007
 • Total$29.8 billion[7]
 • Per capita$2,666[7]
Time zoneUTC+01 (WAT)
postal code
200001
ISO 3166 codeNG-OY
HDI (2018)0.626[8]
medium · 11th of 37
Websitewww.oyostate.gov.ng

History

It was created from Western States and included Osun State, which later splitted in 1991.

Oyo State Media

References

  1. Population by State and Sex. population.gov.ng
  2. Magazine, African Business (2015-07-21). "Could Ibadan be Nigeria's next top city?". African Business Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-01. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)[dead link]
  3. "2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION". population.gov.ng. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  4. The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman , Chapter O, page 183
  5. See List of governors of Oyo State for a list of prior governors
  6. [1] Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine State overview
  7. 7.0 7.1 "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  8. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.