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Oyo (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 8.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited mainly by Yoruba people; economy based chiefly on agriculture & handicrafts; noted for cottage industries including cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing, leatherworking & wood carving. |
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| Oyo (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Oyo state (C,O,display)
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| Oyo State (C,U,O)
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| NI32 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Yoruba Central State (C,U)
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Oyo (state) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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established 1976 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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