Key facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- State
- Oyo State
- Established
- 1830s
- Alaafin
- Abimbola Owoade
- Total
- 3,199 km (1,235 sq mi)
- Density
- 175.8/km (455.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( WAT )
- National language
- Yorùbá
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- Population
- 386723
- Area
- 2427
- Image
- Random images at Photowalk at Ogun and Oyo states 06.jpg
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- postal code
- 211273
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- Oyo
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Oyo is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà) to distinguish it from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Civil Wars. Its inhabitants are mostly of the Yoruba people, and its ruler is the Alaafin of Oyo.
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