Yorùbáland
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Yorubaland () is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Benin and Togo, and covers a total land area of . Of this land area, 106,016 km2 (74.6%) lies within Nigeria, 18.9% in Benin, and the remaining 6.5% is in Togo. Prior to European colonization, a portion of this area was known as Yoruba country. The geo-cultural space contains an estimated 55 million people, the majority of this population being ethnic Yoruba.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Yorùbáland is referenced by 485 other articles, and connects out to Oba, Yoruba people and Ile Ife.
It is catalogued under topics including Cultural regions, Geography of Benin and Geography of Nigeria.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yorubaland
- Settlement.other_name
- Southwest & part of North Central Nigeria & Central Benin, East-Central Togo
- Settlement.nickname
- Ilẹ̀ Oòduà
- Settlement.government_type
- Monarchies• Ọba (King)• Ògbóni (Legislature)• Olóye (Chiefs)• Balógun (Generalissimo)• Baálẹ̀ (Village/Regional heads in Western Yorubaland)• Ọlọ́jà (Village/Regional heads in Eastern Yorubaland)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 181,300
- Settlement.elevation_footnotes
- (Idanre Inselberg Hills)
- Settlement.elevation_max_ft
- 3461
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 1055
- Settlement.elevation_min_ft
- -0.7
- Settlement.elevation_min_m
- -0.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015 estimate
- Settlement.population_note
- In Nigeria, Benin and Togo
- Settlement.population_total
- ~ 55 million
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 387
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Demographics
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Language
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Yoruba, Yoruboid languages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural region
- Country
- Benin
- Area
- 142114
- Image
- Church and mission-house at Ibadan 1850'szleffezChurch and mission-house at Ibadan Seventeen years in the Yoruba country Memorials of Anna Hinderer pre colonial africa nigeria town city architecture history past.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yorubaland
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Rivers
- Subnational divisions
- Vegetation and climate
- Major cities/towns
- Administrative divisions
- Prehistory and oral tradition
- Settlement
- Pre-Civil War
- History
- Government
- Civil War
- British colonization of Yorubaland
- Notes
- References
- External links
==Administrative divisions==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: centre" |- " |- style="background:#eee;" | colspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |Yorubaland |- !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Country | |- !class="unsortable"| State !class="unsortable"| Area (km2) !class="unsortable"| Regional capital !class="unsortable"| Largest city !class="unsortable"| 2nd largest city |- |align=center|Ekiti State |align=center| 6,353 |align=center|Ado Ekiti |align=center|Ado Ekiti |align=center|Ikere-Ekiti |- |align=center|Kogi State |align=center| 9,351 |align=center|Lokoja |align=center|Kabba |align=center|Isanlu, Egbe |- |align=center|Kwara State |align=center| 17,000 |align=center|Ilorin |align=center|Ilorin |align=center|Offa |- |align=center|Lagos State |align=center| 3,345 |align=center|Ikeja |align=center|Alimosho |align=center|Ikorodu |- |align=center| Ogun State |align=center| 16,762 |align=center| Abeokuta |align=center| Otta-Ijoko-Ifo |align=center| Abeokuta |- |align=center| Ondo State |align=center| 15,500 |align=center| Akure |align=center|Akure |align=center|Ondo, okitipupa |- |align=center| Osun State |align=center| 9,251 |align=center| Osogbo |align=center|Osogbo |align=center|Ile-Ife, Ilesha |- |align=center| Oyo State |align=center| 28,454 |align=center| Ibadan |align=center|Ibadan |align=center|Oyo, Ogbomoso |-" !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Area = 106,016 km2 |-" !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Country | |- !class="unsortable"| Department !class="unsortable"| Area (km2) !class="unsortable"| Regional capital !class="unsortable"| Largest city !class="unsortable"| 2nd largest city |- |align=center|Borgu (Shaworo) |align=center| 5,000 |align=center|____ |align=center|Shaworo |align=center|Kpakpanin |- |align=center|Collines |align=center| 12,440 |align=center|Igbo Idaasha |align=center|Shabe |align=center|Idaasha |- |align=center| Donga (Bassila) |align=center| 5,661 |align=center| ____ |align=center|Bassila |align=center|Manigri |- |align=center|Plateau |align=center| 3,264 |align=center|Sakete |align=center|Pobe |align=center|Ketu, Sakete |- |align=center|Weme |align=center| 500 |align=center|Porto Novo |align=center|Porto Novo |align=center|Adjarra |-" !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Area ≈ 26,865 km2 |- !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Country | |- !class="unsortable"| Region !class="unsortable"| Area (km2) !class="unsortable"| Regional capital !class="unsortable"| Largest city !class="unsortable"| 2nd largest city |- |align=center| Central (Chamba) |align=center| 2,900 |align=center| ____ |align=center| Kaboli |align=center| Alejo, Goubi |- |align=center|Plateaux |align=center| 6,482 |align=center|Atakpame |align=center|Atakpame |align=center|Anié, Morita |-" !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Area ≈ 9,233 km2 |- !class= style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"| Yorubaland Area ≈ 142,114 km2 |}
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yorùbáland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.