Yorubaland
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