Oyo, Oyo State

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Jàbàtá Òyó
Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà, Òyó Aláàfin
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Picture taken of calabash carving in Oyo, Oyo State, of present-day Nigeria
Picture taken of calabash carving in Oyo, Oyo State, of present-day Nigeria
Motto: 
Ajíse Bí'Ọ̀yọ̀ Làárí
Ọ̀yọ́ is located in Nigeria
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Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°50′30″N 3°55′50″E / 7.84167°N 3.93056°E / 7.84167; 3.93056
Country Nigeria
StateOyo State
Government
 • AlaafinVacant
Area
 • Total2,427 km2 (937 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total428,798
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
National languageYorùbá

Oyo[1] is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà) to distinguish it from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars. Its inhabitants are mostly of the Yoruba people, and its ruler is the Alaafin of Oyo.

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