Oyo

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Oyo

Total population

736,100

Elevation301 m

Land area2427 km²

Coordinates7.84°, 3.93°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Nigeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oyo is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' to distinguish it from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Civil Wars. Its inhabitants are mostly of the Yoruba people, and its ruler is the Alaafin of Oyo.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Fela Sowande

Nigerian musician and composer (1905-1987)

Gbenga Oloukun

Nigerian boxer

W

Wande Abimbola

Nigerian linguist

B

Bola Afonja

Federal minister of Nigeria

I

Ikechukwu Ezeh

footballer

Najeem Olukokun

Nigerian footballer

Nnaemeka Anyanwu

footballer

O

Olutoyin Augustus

Nigerian hurdler

Quadri Aruna

Nigerian table tennis player

S

Sam Ojebode

Nigerian footballer (1945-2012)

Monsurat Sunmonu

Nigerian politician

O

Oyeronke Akindele

Nigerian athlete

L

Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka

Nigerian politician

A

Adebayo Tijani

movie producer, director and actor

D

Damilola Mike-Bamiloye

Drama Minister

O

Ogunsanya Seun Omolola

CEO, Anchor and Broadcaster

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Oyo

• Iseyin
  24.7 mi away
• Akobo
  28.1 mi away
• Ogbomosho
  29.7 mi away · pop. 1,032,000
• Ibadan
  32 mi away · pop. 3,034,200
• Ipapo
  35.1 mi away
• Eruwa Titun
  38.6 mi away
• Eruwa
  41.2 mi away
• Oke Iho
  42.1 mi away
• Ilie
  42.7 mi away
• Iganna
  48 mi away
• Igbo Ora
  52.6 mi away
• KOMU
  56.9 mi away

Browse all places in Oyo →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oyo

The New Oyo Empire (IHS)

J. A. Atanda · 1973

Regulations, 1978

Oyo State (Nigeria). Public Service Commission · 1978

Yūhō bijutsu ōyō

Yūhō Tanaka · 1889

Oyo, Benin, Ashanti

Kenny Mann · 1995

Afonja - The Rise (Oyo Empire Histories) (Volume 1)

Tunde Leye · 2018

Minutes of the Nigerian Baptist Convention

Nigerian Baptist Convention. Session · 1996

Oyo State town series

Oyo, Nigeria (State). Ministry of Local Government and Information. Information Division. · 1977

Ōyō baikingaku

Kenji Miyaji · 1934

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Giant Sensitive Plant

Mimosa pigra

Seen 2022-08-18

Common Blue Charaxes

Charaxes tiridates

Seen 2017-08-21

African Migrant

Catopsilia florella

Seen 2017-08-21

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Aviceda cuculoides

Seen 2017-08-21

Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon

Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon

Seen 2017-08-21

Allen's Gallinule

Porphyrio alleni

Seen 2017-08-21

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2017-08-21

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

Seen 2017-08-21

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Seen 2017-08-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).