Monarchies • Ọba (King) • Ògbóni (Legislature) • Olóye (Chiefs) • Balógun (Generalissimo) • Baálẹ̀ (Village/Regional heads in Western Yorubaland) • Ọlọ́jà (Village/Regional heads in Eastern Yorubaland)
Area
• Total
181,300 km2 (70,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,055 m (3,461 ft)
Lowest elevation
−0.2 m (−0.7 ft)
Population
(2015 estimate)
• Total
~ 55 million
• Density
387/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
In Nigeria, Benin and Togo
Demographics
• Language
Yoruba, Yoruboid languages
• Religion
Christianity, Islam, Ìṣẹ̀ṣè
Time zone
WAT (Nigeria, Benin), GMT (Togo)
People
Ọmọ Yorùbá
Language
Èdè Yorùbá
Country
Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá
Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km2 (54,871 sq mi). Of this land area, 106,016 km2 (74.6%) lies within Nigeria, 18.9% in Benin, and the remaining 6.5% is in Togo. Prior to European colonization, a portion of this area was known as Yoruba country. The geo-cultural space contains an estimated 55 million people, the majority of this population being ethnic Yoruba.
Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of...
primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 48 million people in Africa, are over...
states in Nigeria. Eight states are in Yorubaland. This is a list of States of Nigeria located in Yorubaland Oyo State Ogun State Kwara State Lagos State...
and is associated with fire. He is not associated with volcanoes in Yorùbáland in West Africa, contrary to what is believed in Cuban-style practice of...
Kogi state and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, commonly known as Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire). It shares some parallels with the Vodun...
pioneered in the ethnically diverse and highly ethnically populated Yorubaland region. Yorubaland is known as a cultural region, being home to a population with...
Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are said to be religious people, but they are also pragmatic and...
which attempted to replace the Oyo Empire as the dominant region in Yorubaland. In addition, Ibadan wanted a unified Yoruba nation similar to that of...
18th century and held sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey...
were colonized by Britain beginning in 1901. The people who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the seventh century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba...
served as the progenitor of a number of independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland. In Yoruba religious traditions, Oduduwa is seen as a divine or semi-divine...
representing the entire Yorubaland. Examples of such appointments include Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland and Iyalode of Yorubaland. As of 2021[update] the...
older settlements, suggests a later date for migration into Northwestern Yorubaland. According to the Kay Williamson Scale, the following is the degree of...
axe (Oṣè). He is considered to be one of the most powerful rulers that Yorubaland has ever produced. In the New World, he is syncretized with either Saint...
Chief Efunroye Tinubu Born c. 1810 Egbaland, Yorubaland Died 1887 Abeokuta Resting place Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria Occupation(s) Merchant, slave trader...
rest of Yorubaland, which had also been weakened by sixteen years of civil war. By 1893, most of the other political entities in Yorubaland recognised...
era through trade. Evidence also shows that during Ife's time period, Yorubaland was involved in trade with southwestern Cameroon. Dwellings had a clay...
Yoruba cuisine is the numerous and diverse foods of the Yoruba people of Yorubaland (Yoruba native regions of Nigeria, Benin and Togo). Some notable Yoruba...
small groups breaking off from the European denominations, especially in Yorubaland, where such independence movements started as early as the early 19th...
native soup of the Yoruba people of South West Nigeria and other parts of Yorubaland. The two vegetables most commonly used to prepare the soup are Celosia...
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