Oyo State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==History== It was formed in 1976<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibrahim |first=Abubakar |date=26 February 2022 |title=Oyo state |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Oyo-state-Nigeria |website=Britannice.com}}</ref> from [[Western State (Nigeria)|Western State]], and included [[Osun State|Ọsun State]], which was split off in 1991. Oyo State is [[wiktionary:Homogenous|homogenous]], mainly inhabited by the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] ethnic group who are primarily agrarian but have a predilection for living in high-density urban centres.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bascom|first=William R.|date=1962-08-01|title=Some Aspects of Yoruba Urbanism|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43h9640r|journal=American Anthropologist|language=en|volume=64|issue=4|pages=699–709|doi=10.1525/aa.1962.64.4.02a00010|doi-access=free}}</ref> The indigenes mainly comprise the Oyos, the [[Onko|Oke-Oguns]], the Ibadans<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE IBADAN PEOPLE OF NIGERIA|url=https://steemit.com/nigeria/@aderonkemi/the-ibadan-people-of-nigeria|last=Ago|first=Aderonkemiin #nigeria • 3 Years|date=2017-10-06|website=Steemit|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> and the [[Ibarapa people|Ibarapas]], all belonging to the Yoruba family and [[peoples of Africa|indigenous]] city in [[Africa]]. Ibadan had been the centre of [[Administration (government)|administration]] of the old [[Western Region, Nigeria|Western Region]] since the days of [[British colonial rule]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Other notable cities and towns in Ọyọ State include [[Oyo, Nigeria|Ọyọ]], [[Ogbomoso|Ogbomọsọ]], [[Ibadan]], Isẹyín-Okeogun, Ipapo-Okeogun, Kíṣì-Okeogun, Okeho-Okeogun, Saki-Okeogun, Igbeti-Okeogun, Igboho-okeogun [Igboho], Eruwa-Ibarapa, [[Iroko]], Lanlate, OjeOwode-Okeogun, Sepeteri-Okeogun, Ilora-Oyo, Jobele-Oyo, [[Nigeria|Awe-Oyo]], Ilérò-Okeogun, Okaka-Okeogun, Igbo Ora-Ibarapa, [[Idere]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unveiling Nigeria - state|url=https://www.unveilingnigeria.ng/geopolitical-zone/oyo-state|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.unveilingnigeria.ng}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page