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Do not fill this in! ===Nigeria=== The Yorubas are the main ethnic groups in the Nigerian states of [[Ekiti State, Nigeria|Ekiti]], [[Ogun State, Nigeria|Ogun]], [[Ondo State, Nigeria|Ondo]], [[Osun State, Nigeria|Osun]], [[Kwara State|Kwara]] {{·}} [[Oyo State, Nigeria|Oyo]], [[Lagos State|Lagos]], and the [[Kogi West Senatorial District|Western Third]] of [[Kogi State]], and can be found as a minority population to varying proportions in; [[Delta State]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/3/an071e/an071e.pdf |title=FAO Ethnic study of the Benin river Estuary Area 1991, Pg.V, 57.6% Itsekiri, 23.6% Ilaje |date=9 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201003250371.html/ |title=Ilajes in Delta Seek More Projects |date=12 March 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://punchng.com/ilaje-communities-seek-inclusion-in-fg-dredging-of-escravos-warri-river/ |title=Ilaje communities seek inclusion in FG dredging of Escravos –Warri River |date=9 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/dogara-reps-move-to-address-ocean-surge-threat-to-delta-communities/xlv6d40/ |title=Reps move to address ocean surge threat to Delta communities |date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://dailypost.ng/2020/07/15/dont-politicize-divert-epz-other-projects-from-our-land-ilaje-communities-tell-fg// |title=Don't politicize, divert EPZ, other projects from our land- Ilaje Communities tell FG |date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://omojuwa.com/2014/03/a-plea-for-the-creation-of-okun-state-olukoya-obafemi/|title=A Plea For the Creation of OKUN State - Olukoya Obafemi - OMOJUWA.COM|date=11 October 2021}}</ref> and [[Edo State|Edo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udfchicago.net/charity-organization-the-people-of-ode-awure-usen|title=About the people of Ode Awure (Usen)|date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/40012591.pdf|title=Edo South also comprises mainly the Bini ethnic group. There are however some Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo and Yoruba communities in this senatorial district.|date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/415354-election-30-notable-things-you-need-to-know-about-edo.html|title=Ethnography of Edo South.|date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edoworld.net/Edotourismlanguage.html|title=Yoruba- speaking minority communities in Ovia North East and South West Local Government Area.|date=11 October 2021}}</ref> ;Places The chief Yoruba cities or towns in Nigeria are: [[Abeokuta|Abẹokuta]], [[Ogun Waterside|Abigi]], [[Ado-Awaye]], [[Ado-Ekiti]], [[Ado-Odo]], [[Agbaja]], [[Ago Iwoye|Ago iwoye]], [[Ajasse Ipo|Ajase ipo]], [[Akungba Akoko|Akungba-akoko]], [[Akure|Akurẹ]], [[Atan Ota|Atan-otta]], [[Afijio|Aawe, Oyo]], [[Ayetoro|Ayetoro Yewa]], [[Ayetoro gbede]], [[Ibarapa people|Ayete]], [[Badagry]], [[Ede, Nigeria|Ede]], [[Effon-Alaiye|Efon-alaaye]], [[Egbe]], [[Ejigbo]], [[Emure|Emure-ekiti]], [[Epe, Nigeria|Epe]], [[Erin-Ile, Kwara|Erin-ile]], [[Eruwa]], [[Esa-Oke|Esa-oke]], [[Esie]], [[Afijio|Fiditi]], [[Igbaja]], [[Gbongan]], [[Ibadan]], [[Ibokun]], [[Idanre]], [[Idere]], [[Idiroko|Idi-iroko]], [[Idoani|Ido-ani]], [[Ido Ekiti|Ido-ekiti]], [[Ife South|Ifetedo]], [[Ifo, Ogun State|Ifo]], [[Ose, Nigeria|Ifon (Ondo)]], [[Ifon Osun]], [[Ibarapa North|Igangan]], [[Iwajowa|Iganna]], [[Igbeti]], [[Igboho]], [[Igbo-Ora|Igbo-ora]], [[Igbara-Oke]], [[Ijare]], [[Ijebu Igbo|Ijẹbu-igbo]], [[Ijebu-Jesa|Ijebu-Ijesha]], [[Ijebu Ode]], [[Ijede]], [[Ijero|Ijero-ekiti]], [[Ijoko]], [[Ikare|Ikare-akoko]], [[Ikenne]], [[Ikere-Ekiti|Ikere-ekiti]], [[Ikire]], [[Ikirun]], [[Ikole|Ikole-ekiti]], [[Ikorodu]], [[Ila Orangun|Ila-orangun]], [[Ilaje]], [[Ilaro]], [[Ilawe Ekiti|Ilawe-ekiti]], [[Ife|Ilé-Ifẹ]], [[Ile Oluji/Okeigbo|Ile-oluji]], [[Ilesa]], [[Illah Bunu]], [[Ilishan-Remo|Ilishan]], [[Ilobu]], [[Ilorin|Ilọrin]], [[Imeko Afon|Imeko]], [[Imesi-ile]], [[Imota]], [[Inisa]], [[Iperu Remo|Iperu]], [[Ipetu-Ijesha]], [[Ipetumodu]], [[Iragbiji]], [[Iree]], [[Isarun|Isharun]], [[Yagba East|Isanlu]], [[Ise Ekiti|Ise-ekiti]], [[Iseyin]], [[Akure North|Itaogbolu]], [[Iwo, Osun|Iwo]], [[Ijumu|Iyara]], [[Jebba]], [[Kabba]], [[Kisi, Nigeria|Kishi]], [[Lagos|Lagos (Eko)]], [[Lalupon]], [[Ibarapa people|Lanlate]], [[Lokoja]], [[Modakeke]], [[Mopa, Nigeria|Mopa]], [[Obajana]], [[Obokun]], [[Ode-Irele]], [[Odeomu|Ode-omu]], [[Odigbo|Ore]], [[Odogbolu]], [[Offa, Kwara|Offa]], [[Ogbomoso]], [[Ogere Remo|Ogere-remo]], [[Ogidi, Kogi State|Ogidi-ijumu]], [[Ojo, Lagos|Ojo]], [[Oka, Akoko|Oka-akoko]], [[Kajola|Okeho]], [[Ile Oluji/Okeigbo|Oke-Igbo]], [[Okemesi]], [[Okitipupa]], [[Okuku, Osun State|Okuku]], [[Irepodun, Kwara|Omu Aran]], [[Omuo]], [[Ondo City|Ondo City (Ode Ondo)]], [[Osogbo]], [[Osu (town)|Osu]], [[Otan Ayegbaju]], [[Ota, Ogun|Ota]], [[Moba, Nigeria|Otun-ekiti]], [[Owo]], [[Obafemi Owode|Owode]], [[Oyan]], [[Oyo, Oyo|Ọyọ]], [[Shagamu]], [[Shaki, Oyo|Shaki]], [[Share, Kwara|Share]], [[Atisbo|Tede]], [[Ipele|Upele]], [[Ido-Osi|Usi-ekiti]]. 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