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Osogbo

Western Africa

Osogbo is the capital of Osun State in southwestern Nigeria, roughly 88 kilometres northeast of Ibadan, and became the state capital in 1991. A 2022 estimate placed its population at 201,900, and the city is known for the Osun-Osogbo festival held along the River Osun, centered on a sacred grove that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as for its traditional tie-and-dye textile industry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
731,000 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
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1. Osogbo (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 731,000
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2. Osogbo (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Osogbo (also known as Oṣogbo, and seldomly as Oshogbo) is a city in Nigeria.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    320
  • In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 7.75, 4.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 7.75, 4.75
7.75 4.75 Aw
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4. GeoNames: Osogbo - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2325590, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
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7.77104 4.55698 P PPLA NG 42 30030 645000 336 Africa/Lagos
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