Ibadan
Ibadan (Yoruba: Ìbàdàn or fully (Ìlú) Ẹ̀bá-Ọ̀dàn, (the ceety at) the edge o the savannah) is the caipital ceety o Oyo State an the third lairgest metropolitan aurie, bi population, in Nigerie, efter Lagos an Kano, wi a population o 1,338,659 accordin tae the 2006 census. Ibadan is an aa the lairgest metropolitan geographical aurie. At Nigerian unthirldom, Ibadan wis the lairgest an maist populous ceety in the kintra an the third in Africae efter Cairo an Johannesburg.
Ibadan | |
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Ceety | |
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| Eik-name(s): Ile Oluyole | |
  Ibadan Location in Nigerie | |
| Coordinates: 7°23′47″N 3°55′0″E / 7.39639°N 3.91667°E | |
| Kintra |  Nigerie |
| State | Oyo State |
| War camp | 1829 |
| Ibadan Destrict Cooncil | 1961 |
| Ibadan Municipal Govrenment | 1989 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Senator Is'haq Abiola Ajimobi |
| • Olubadan | Samuel Odulana Odugade I |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3080 km2 (1,190 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,338,659 |
| • Density | 828/km2 (2,140/sq mi) |
| • Metro density | 250/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| • Releegions | Muslim majority Christianity Yoruba tradeetional releegion |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Website | http://www.oyostate.gov.ng/ |
Ibadan is locatit in sooth-wastren Nigerie, 128 km inland northeast o Lagos an 530 km soothwast o Abuja, the federal caipital, an is a prominent transit pynt atween the coastal region an the auries tae the north. Ibadan haed been the centre o admeenistration o the auld Wastren Region syne the days o the Breetish colonial rule, an pairts o the ceety's auncient protective walls still staund tae this day. The principal indwallers o the ceety are the Yorubas.
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Summing the 5 Local Government Areas Ibadan North/North West/South West/South East/North East as per:
Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette (15 Mey 2007). "Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 24 Julie 2011. Retrieved 19 Mey 2007.