Iwo

Iwo

a city in SW Nigeria. Pop.: 479 000 (2005 est.)

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Iwo

 

a city in southwestern Nigeria, in the Western State. Population, 188,500 (1970). Iwo is an important commercial and crafts center. Cocoa beans and the fruit of oil-yielding palm trees are harvested. The production of palm oil and indigo are also important, as is cotton weaving.

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