Oyo State
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°ECoordinates: 8°00′N 4°00′E / 8.000°N 4.000°E[4] | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| Date created | 3 February 1976 |
| Capital | Ibadan |
| Government | |
| • Governor[5] | Oluwaseyi Makinde (PDP) |
| • Deputy Governor | Rauf Olaniyan |
| • Senators | |
| • Representatives | List |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28,454 km2 (10,986 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[6] | |
| • Total | 5,580,894[3] |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2007 |
| • Total | $29.8 billion[7] |
| • Per capita | $2,666[7] |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (WAT) |
| postal code | 200001 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG-OY |
| HDI (2018) | 0.626[8] medium · 11th of 37 |
| Website | www |
History
It was created from Western States and included Osun State, which later splitted in 1991.
Oyo State Media
Ijio Hill, Iwajowa LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria
Bower towers, Ibadan
Ekiti State in Nigeria is known to be a place surrounded by hills. (ÈKITI) is a Yoruba language meaning high hill. This is oloke meji hill in the capital city of Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti State Nigeria.
References
- ↑ Population by State and Sex. population.gov.ng
- ↑ Magazine, African Business. Could Ibadan be Nigeria's next top city?. African Business Magazine (2015-07-21). Retrieved 2018-04-01.[dead link]
- ↑ 2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION (in en-US). population.gov.ng. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman , Chapter O, page 183
- ↑ See List of governors of Oyo State for a list of prior governors
- ↑ [1] Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine State overview
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ↑ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab (in en). hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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