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Ilorin (ēlô`rēn), city (1991 est. pop. 420,000), SW Nigeria. It is an industrial city and the market (especially for cattle, poultry, palm products, and yams) and transport center for a wide region. Manufactures include cigarettes, matches, and sugar. Traditional artisans make woven goods, tin products, wood carvings, and pottery. Ilorin was the capital of a Yoruba Yoruba , people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are in Yorubaland.
..... Click the link for more information. kingdom that, with the assistance of the Fulani Fulani , people of W Africa, numbering approximately 14 million. They are of mixed sub-Saharan African and Berber origin. First recorded as living in the Senegambia region, they are now scattered throughout the area of the Sudan from Senegal to Cameroon. ..... Click the link for more information. , successfully rebelled against the Oyo Oyo , city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava. Traditional artisans make textiles and leather goods and carve utensils from shells of the calabash gourd. Oyo was founded c. ..... Click the link for more information. empire in 1817 but soon thereafter was incorporated into the Fulani state of Sokoto Sokoto , city (1987 est. pop. 164,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It is the commercial center for a wide region and a collection place for hides, skins, and peanuts. Rice and tobacco are grown for local consumption. ..... Click the link for more information. . Through warfare against Oyo and Ibadan Ibadan , city (1991 est. pop. 1,263,000), SW Nigeria. The second largest city in Nigeria, it is a major commercial center. Manufactures include metal products, furniture, soap, and handicrafts. ..... Click the link for more information. in the later 19th cent., Ilorin considerably increased its territory. In 1897 it was conquered by troops of the British-chartered Royal Niger Company led by Sir George Goldie Goldie, Sir George (George Goldie Taubman), 1846–1925, British colonial administrator, b. Isle of Man. Goldie entered the Niger River trade in the 1870s, and his company soon dominated trade on the lower river. ..... Click the link for more information. . IlorinCity (pop., 2002 est.: 756,400), western Nigeria. It is located on a minor tributary of the Niger River. Founded by the Yoruba in the late 18th century and the capital of a Yoruba kingdom, it passed to Britain in 1897. Surrounded by a mud wall and mainly inhabited by Muslim Yoruba people, it is an industrial, commercial, and educational centre. Ilorin a city in W Nigeria, capital of Kwara state: agricultural trade centre. Pop.: 714 000 (2005 est.) Ilorin a city in southwestern Nigeria, administrative center of the state of Kwara. Population, 247,900 (1970). Railroad station and highway junction. Ilorin is a trading center for an agricultural region (corn, yams, livestock, and palm oil) and the site of a sugar refinery, a match factory, and a plant for processing tobacco. Pottery is also manufactured. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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