Oyo State

==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>