Oyo State

==Geography==
[[File:Ijio Hill, Iwajowa LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria.jpg|thumb|Ijio Hill, Iwajowa LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria]]
Oyo State covers approximately an area of 28,454 square kilometers and is ranked 14th by size.<ref name="Unveiling Nigeria - state">{{Cite web |title=Unveiling Nigeria - state |url=https://www.unveilingnigeria.ng/geopolitical-zone/oyo-state |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=www.unveilingnigeria.ng}}</ref> The [[landscape]] consists of old hard rocks and dome shaped hills, which rise gently from about 500 meters in the southern part and reaching a height of about 1,200 metres above sea level in the northern part.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oyo State:The Pace Setter State. News{{!}}Discussions{{!}}Projects {{!}} Yoruba Parapo|url=https://ooduafamily.freeforums.net/thread/33/state-pace-setter-discussions-projects|access-date=2021-06-03|website=ooduafamily.freeforums.net}}</ref> Some principal rivers such as [[Ogun River|Ogun]], [[Oba River|Oba]], [[Oyan]], [[Otin River|Otin]], Ofiki, Sasa, [[Oni]], [[Erinle River|Erinle]] and [[Osun river]] originate in this highland.<ref name="Unveiling Nigeria - state"/>

Oyo State contains a number of natural features including the [[Old Oyo National Park]]. In this location there was earlier [[habitat]] for the endangered [[African wild dog]], ''[[Lycaon pictus]]'';<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 ''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209234758/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 |date=2010-12-09 }}</ref> however, this [[Canidae|canid]] is thought to have been locally [[Local extinction|extirpated]] at the present.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

===Climate===
The climate is [[Equatorial climate|equatorial]], notably with [[dry season|dry]] and [[wet season|wet]] seasons with relatively high [[humidity]]. The [[dry season]] lasts from November to March while the wet season starts from April and ends in October. Average daily temperature ranges between {{convert|25|°C|°F|1}} and {{convert|35|°C|°F|1}}, almost throughout the year.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Adedapo Olufemi Adeogun<sup>1|first1=2</Sup>|last2=Popoola<sup>2</sup>|first2=Kehinde Olajide|last3=Oduola<sup>3</sup>|first3=Adedayo Olatunbosun|last4=Olakiigbe<sup>1</sup>|first4=Abiodun Kanmi|last5=Awolola<sup>1</sup>|first5=Samson Taiwo|date=2017-08-18|title=High Level of DDT Resistance and Reduced Susceptibility to Deltamethrin in Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles coluzzi, and Anopheles arabiensis from Urban Communities in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria|url=http://www.aquapublisher.com/index.php/jmr/article/view/3247|journal=Journal of Mosquito Research|language=en|volume=7|issn=1927-646X}}</ref>