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.
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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- 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.