The capital of Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, on both banks of the Ogun River near a group of rocky outcrops in wooded savanna, about 77 kilometers north of Lagos by rail. Its population was 449,088 at the 2006 census and was estimated at about 735,000 in 2022, as the city has continued to spread into the neighboring Odeda local government area.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) In the Other Atlases
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1. Abeokuta (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, population_total field
735,000
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2006
Infobox: elevation_m
66
Infobox: area_total_km2
879
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, established_date field (label: Founded)
1830
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 7|9|39|N, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 3|20|54|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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