Akure

E131420

Akure is the capital city of Ondo State in southwestern Nigeria, known as an important administrative and commercial center in the region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Akure canonical 42
Akure metropolitan area 2
Akure city 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
administrativeStatus state capital ⓘ
airportServes Akure Airport ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubdivisionCapitalOf Ondo State ⓘ
demographics predominantly Yoruba population ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
function regional administrative hub ⓘ
regional commercial hub ⓘ
geographicFeature located in rainforest-savanna transition zone ⓘ
governingBody Akure South Local Government Area ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Federal University of Technology Akure ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Akure North ⓘ
Akure South ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler Deji of Akure ⓘ
knownFor administrative center in southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
commercial center in southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Ondo State ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
majorLanguage Yoruba ⓘ
nearbyCity Ado Ekiti ⓘ
linked to: Ado-Ekiti

Benin City ⓘ
Ibadan ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
postalCountry NG ⓘ
region Yorubaland ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
regionOfNigeria South West geopolitical zone ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
roadNetwork connected to major highways in southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
role capital of Ondo State ⓘ
settlementType urban area ⓘ
stateGovernorOfficeLocatedIn Akure ⓘ
subdivisionType Local Government Area ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Akure Airport ⓘ
urbanStatus metropolitan area ⓘ
UTCOffset +1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Nigeria → contains → Akure ⓘ
Ondo State → capital → Akure ⓘ
Ondo State → largestCity → Akure ⓘ
Ondo State → hasNotableCity → Akure ⓘ
Yoruba people → majorCity → Akure ⓘ
Ado-Ekiti → roadConnection → Akure ⓘ
Air Peace → cityServed → Akure ⓘ
Akure people → locatedIn → Akure ⓘ
Akure people → urbanCenter → Akure ⓘ
Owo → stateCapitalProximity → Akure ⓘ
Idanre → hasNearbyCity → Akure ⓘ
Okitipupa → hasStateCapital → Akure ⓘ
Deji of Akure → positionIn → Akure ⓘ
Olu Falae → placeOfBirth → Akure ⓘ
Akure South Local Government Area → hasUrbanCenter → Akure metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Akure
Akure South Local Government Area → governs → Akure city ⓘ
linked to: Akure
Akure Airport → serves → Akure ⓘ
Akure Airport → locatedIn → Akure ⓘ
Akure South → partOf → Akure metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Akure
Western Region (Nigeria) → containsCity → Akure ⓘ
subject linked to: Western Region
Akure dialect of Yoruba → region → Akure urban area ⓘ
linked to: Akure
Akure monarchy → locatedIn → Akure ⓘ
Akure monarchy → capital → Akure ⓘ
Akure Kingdom → capital → Akure ⓘ
Deji-in-Council → locatedIn → Akure ⓘ
Igbotako → roadConnection → Akure ⓘ
Idanre Hills → locatedNear → Akure ⓘ