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Oyo (ôyô`), 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.1835 as the successor of Old Oyo (Katunga), the capital of the 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. empire of Oyo, which was destroyed in the Yoruba civil wars of the early 19th cent. Oyo is about 100 mi (161 km) S of Old Oyo. The city came under British rule in 1893.

Oyo

a state of SW Nigeria, formed in 1976 from part of Western State. Capital: Ibadan. Pop.: 3 900 803 (1995 est.). Area: 28 454 sq. km (10 986 sq. miles)

Oyo

a city in Nigeria, in the state of Oyo. Population, 135,800 (1971). A highway junction, Oyo is the center of a region producing cacao beans and palm oil. Cottage industries include leather-working, weaving, and spinning.

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No references found	In 1995, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV became the King of Toro at the age of three, following the sudden death of his father, Patrick Mathew Kaboyo Olimi VII. The boy king and his great Libyan friend: It is not often that you ... by Asiimwe, Agnes / New African Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of southwestern Oyo state, and two other officials were arrested and brought before a court on August 29 accused of embezzling state funds worth around 16 million dollars (11 million euros). Nigeria court bails ex-governor on graft charges by AFP / AFP Global Edition MuOktoba 2007, Gudrun Kober wokoPEACE Centre okwa li a ninga omakonakono oinima oyo i li omidi doyeetifi yomahepeko moNamibia mosheetwapo osho a ningile koUnivesiti yaNamibia. Efano lomahepeko: oshitukulwa 2 by Ndinoshiho, Etoloko kuRauna / Sister Namibia	oxyquinoline oxyreductase Oxyrhopus Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus Historian, The Oxyria oxysphere oxysterol Oxystomata Oxystomatidae oxytetracycline oxytocic Oxytocin Oxytropis Oxyurata Oxyuridae Oxyurina Oxyuroidea Oyama Ikuo Oyama Iwao Oyama, Iwao Oyashio oyelet Oyl, Olive oylet Oyo Oyo empire Oyono, Ferdinand Léopold oyster Oyster Bay Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Catcher oyster plant oystercatcher Oystershell Scale oz oz ap oz apoth oz t oz tr Oz, Amos Oz-Email Ozaki Koyo Ozaki, Yukio Özal, Turgut ozalid Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric Ozarichi Ozark Ozark County Ozark Folk Center State Park	Oyi Oyirad Oyirads OYIS OYIT Oyj OYK OYKS OYL Oyl, Olive OYLAX OYLC Oylet Oylet OYM OYMA OYMC OYME OYMGA OYMP OYMV OYN OYNO Oynoun Oyo Oyo Empire Oyo Kingdom OYOB OYOFE Oyomeigaku Oyono, Ferdinand Léopold OYP OYPA OYPAA OYPE OYQ OYR OYRA OYRA Oyrat OYRBS Oyrd Oyrot Autonomous Oblast OYRS OYS OYSA OYSAN OYSC Oysco Oysco Oysco OYSD

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In 1995, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV became the King of Toro at the age of three, following the sudden death of his father, Patrick Mathew Kaboyo Olimi VII.

The boy king and his great Libyan friend: It is not often that you ... by Asiimwe, Agnes / New African

Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of southwestern Oyo state, and two other officials were arrested and brought before a court on August 29 accused of embezzling state funds worth around 16 million dollars (11 million euros).

Nigeria court bails ex-governor on graft charges by AFP / AFP Global Edition

MuOktoba 2007, Gudrun Kober wokoPEACE Centre okwa li a ninga omakonakono oinima oyo i li omidi doyeetifi yomahepeko moNamibia mosheetwapo osho a ningile koUnivesiti yaNamibia.

Efano lomahepeko: oshitukulwa 2 by Ndinoshiho, Etoloko kuRauna / Sister Namibia