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State of Nigeria
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Oyo State is a state in South West Nigeria with the city of Ibadan as its capital.
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A new higher-speed railway line connecting Oyo State to Lagos via Abeokuta opened in January 2021. It has been said that the line will be extended to Kano.
When getting around Oyo State, be sure or instead try to be accompanied by a person who is familiar with the routes.
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Ibadan is a city of 4,004,000 people (2024) in Oyo State, South West Nigeria. Its historic significance in the affairs of the declining Oyo Empire has endowed it with a lot of places to see and its location at the edge of the Yoruba heartland makes it an ideal base to explore the major Yoruba cities which might not always have as many developed facilities for the foreigner as Ibadan does.
Ado-Awaye is a scenic town in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. It is internationally famous for hosting the Iyake Suspended Lake, one of only two documented suspended lakes in the entire world.
Eruwa which means 'pieces of yam are available here’ is a town and the headquarters of Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, in South West Nigeria.
Igangan is in Oyo State. Igangan is a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, South West Nigeria.
Igbeti is a town located at Oke Ogun, Olorunshogo Local Government Area of Oyo State, South West Nigeria. The town's population was approximately 81,000 at the 2006 census.
Igboho is a town in Oyo State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Orelope Local Government Area.
Igbo-ora is a city and the headquarters of Ibarapa Central, south-western Nigeria, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Lagos. In 2006 the population of the town was approximately 72,207 people.
Iseyin is a city located in Oyo State, in the southwestern region of Nigeria. It is about 100 km (62 mi) north of Ibadan.
Ogbomosho (also Ogbomoṣo) is a town in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, with a population of approximately 245,000 according to the 2006 census. Ogbomosho may be visited for its historical relics including the long-living tortoise, commonly referred to as "Alagba," which was believed to have been existing for centuries from about the year 1675.
Okeho is in southwest Nigeria in Oyo state. It's a Yoruba speaking community with neighboring environment like Alubo, Bode, Igboje, Ijo, Imoba, Isia, Isemi, Oke-Ogun, Ogan, Olele and Pamo.
Oyo is an ancient city in Oyo State, South West Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' (or Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà) to distinguish it from the former capital to the north known as 'Old Oyo' (or Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars.
Saki town (alternatively spelled Shaki) is in the northern part of Oyo State, western Nigeria. It lies close to the wellspring of the Ofiki River (the central feeder of the Ogun River), around 40 miles (60 km) from the Benin line.
Sepeteri is the biggest town in Saki East Local Government Area of Oke-Ogun Oyo State in South West Nigeria.
Old Oyo National Park is one of the most popular tourist attraction centres in Nigeria, named after Old Oyo town called Oyo-ile – the political capital of the Oyo Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries. It has an outstanding 2,512 km² (970 sq mi) of land, most of which fall in Oyo state some extend to some part of Kwara State.
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Food & drinkNigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of ethnic groups that comprise Nigeria from the north to the south to the east and the west. Nigeria is home to numerous varieties of foods.
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ItinerariesLagos-Ibadan Railway is a 157-kilometre rail trip in South West Nigeria from Ebute Metta in Lagos to Moniya in Ibadan. The trip is a section of the proposed Lagos to Kano Standard Gauge Rail Project.
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Travel tipsLasting from the 1500s to the 1800s, the Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity of extraordinary proportions, leaving a huge mark on four continents and irreversibly changing world history and geopolitics.
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Travel tipsDriving a car gives a traveller more independence and flexibility than scheduled transportation, such as air travel, rail travel, or bus travel, and may be faster or more comfortable than cycling.
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