Key facts
- 1680
- 150,000 km (58,000 sq mi)
- Status
- Empire
- Capital
- Oyo-Igboho (c. 1535–1615) Oyo-Ile (c. 1615–1835)
- Common languages
- Yoruba
- Religion
- Yoruba religion , Islam , Christianity
- Government
- Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy with Elective features.
- C 13th 14th century ce
- Ọranyan
- 1876 1905
- Adeyemi I Alowolodu
- 2025 present
- Abimbola Owoade
- Legislature
- Oyo Mesi and Ogboni
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- Image
- Palace of Alaafin of Oyo circa mid-1900s.jpg
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14th-century establishments in Africa14th-century establishments in Nigeria16th century in Nigeria17th century in Nigeria18th century in Nigeria1900s disestablishments in NigeriaCountries in medieval AfricaHistory of the Yoruba peopleNigerian traditional statesOyo EmpireStates and territories disestablished in 1905States and territories established in the 14th century