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Encyclopedia > Ijebu Ode

Located in south-western Nigeria, Ijebu Ode with over 100,000 residents is the second largest city in Ogun State after Abeokuta. In pre-colonial times it was the capital of the Ijebu kingdom. Ogun State is a state in South-western Nigeria. ... Abeokuta is a city of southwest Nigeria, situated at 7°8′ N 3°25′ E, on the Ogun river, 64 miles north of Lagos by railway, or 81 miles by water. ... Ijebu was a Yoruba kingdom in pre-colonial Nigeria. ...


It is the largest city inhabited by the Ijebus, a sub-group of the Yoruba ethnic group who speak the Ijebu dialect of Yoruba. The ruler of Ijebu Ode is the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The city is located within 100 km of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State and possesses a warm tropical climate. Ijebu was a Yoruba kingdom in pre-colonial Nigeria. ... The Yorùbá are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria, comprising approximately 26 percent of that countrys total population, and numbering about close to 100 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa. ...


Ijebu Ode has a local television station affiliated with the government NTA network. Ijebu Ode is the trade center for a farming region. Yams, cassava, grain, and tobacco are grown. Cotton is grown and used to weave cloth. For the Levantine god of the untamed sea (sometimes called Yam), see Yaw (god). ... Binomial name Manihot esculenta Crantz The cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta; also yuca in Spanish, mandioca, aipim, or macaxeira in Portuguese, and mandio in Guaraní) is a woody perennial shrub of the spurge family, that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop for its edible starchy tuberous root. ... Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). ... Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America or to the dried and cured leaves. ... Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ...


Right by the side of Ijebu ode are other little neigbouring villages. They are mostly refered to as "this way to", some of which include Odo-Agamegi, Ogbo, Italupe, Ososa, Okelamuren, Abapawa, Erunwon, Isonyin, Idowa, Atiba amongst others. Isonyin (pronounced Eeshawnyeen) is a small town located a few kilometers from Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State, Nigeria. ...


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Ijebu Ode is a city located in south-western Nigeria at (6°49′N 3°56′E).
It is the largest city inhabited by the Ijebus, a sub-group of the Yoruba ethnic group who speak the Ijebu dialect of Yoruba.
Ijebu Ode has a local television station affiliated with the government's NTA network and is the trade center of a farming region where yams, cassava, grain, tobacco and cotton are grown.
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