Edo State

== People ==
[[File:Burial in Edo State.jpg|thumb|Burial in Edo State]]
With [[Benin City]] as capital, the population of the entire state is approximately 5 million.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-11|title=About Edo|url=https://www.edostate.gov.ng/about-edo-2/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Edo State|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185139/https://www.edostate.gov.ng/about-edo-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is made up of four major [[ethnic group]]s; namely [[Edo people|Edo]] (Binis), [[Owan]], [[Esan people|Esan]] and [[Afemai]] ([[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] & [[Akoko Edo]]). However, the State has a high presence of residents from across the country and the world because of its cosmopolitan tendencies. [[Benin City]] has a history of being one of the foremost destinations of [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]] during their exploration of [[Africa]] continent many centuries ago. Some of these flash points have remained enviable tourists' attraction sites for the state.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-11|title=About Edo|url=https://www.edostate.gov.ng/about-edo-2/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Edo State|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185139/https://www.edostate.gov.ng/about-edo-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The people are known for having several [[Edo traditional food]].

===Demographics===
The main ethnic groups in Edo State are Édo, Etsako, Esan, Owan, and Akoko Edo.<ref name="About Edo"/> Virtually all the groups trace their origin to Benin City, hence their dialects vary with their distance from Benin City. The Edo speaking people occupy seven out of the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state and constitute 57.54% of the total population. Others are as follows: Esan (17.14%), Etsako (12.19%), Owan (7.43%), and Akoko Edo (5.70%).<ref name="About Edo"/> There are also [[Ebira language|Igbira]] speaking communities in Akoko Edo, Itsekiri communities in Ikpoba-Okha, and [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] Izons and [[Urhobo people|Urhobos]] in Ovia North East and South West Local Government Areas, especially in the borderlands. Also, [[Ika people|Ika]] speaking communities exist in Igbanke (Ika) in Orhionmwon LGA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-17 |title=Edo: Igbo community in Edo declare support for Obaseki |url=https://peoplesdailyng.com/edo-igbo-community-in-edo-declare-support-for-obaseki/ |access-date=2021-07-10 |website=Peoples Daily Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref>
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