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Ilesha
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Ilesha (ēlā`shä), city (1991 est. pop. 334,000), SW Nigeria. Formerly a caravan trade center, Ilesha is today an agricultural and commercial city. Cacao, kola nuts, palm oil, and yams are shipped from there. There is a sawmill, and alluvial gold is found. Ilesha was the capital of the Yoruba Yoruba (yō`r
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 Ilesha kingdom of the Oyo Oyo (ôyô`), city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava.
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 empire. After Oyo's collapse in the early 19th cent., Ilesha became subject to Ibadan Ibadan (ēbä`dän, ēbädäN`), city (1991 est. pop. 1,263,000), SW Nigeria.
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. It was taken by the British in 1893.
Ilesha
a town in W Nigeria. Pop.: 500 000 (2005 est.)


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