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Ibadan
Oyo State, Nigeria · Africa
About Ibadan
Ibadan sits on the route: 30 minutes from Egbeda.
Ibadan is in Oyo State, Nigeria, with about 3.6 million people. The nearest town is Egbeda, about 16 km away.
Ibadan ( UK: , US: ; Yoruba: Ìbàdàn [ì.bà.dã̀]) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is one of the largest cities by population in Nigeria with a population of 4.3 million within its metropolitan area. At 3,080 square kilometres (1,190 mi2) it is the country's largest city by land area.Read more
At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second-most populous in Africa behind Cairo. Ibadan is ranked one of the fastest-growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the UN Human Settlements Program (2022). It is also ranked third in Nigeria and fifth in West Africa in the tech startups index. Ibadan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. During the 19th century, Ibadan was the capital of the Ibadan Republic, one of the most powerful states of contemporary Yorubaland.
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Ibadan is in Oyo State, Nigeria, about 16 km from Egbeda.
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- Population
- 3,649,000
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Oyo State
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 7.3776, 3.9059
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