Ede

E305698

Ede is a historic town and major urban center in southwestern Nigeria, known for its Yoruba heritage and role as a commercial hub in Osun State.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ede canonical 11
Ede town 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
urban center ⓘ
administrativeDivision Ede North Local Government Area ⓘ
Ede South Local Government Area ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice Yoruba festivals ⓘ
traditional chieftaincy system ⓘ
demographicGroup predominantly Yoruba population ⓘ
economicRole regional trading center ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
governingLevel local government headquarters ⓘ
hasHeritage Yoruba heritage ⓘ
hasInstitution Adeleke University ⓘ
Federal Polytechnic Ede ⓘ
Redeemer’s University (former location before relocation to Ede)? ⓘ
hasMarket central market ⓘ
isHistoric true ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Osun State ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
locatedNear Ibadan ⓘ
Osogbo ⓘ
locatedOn Osun River ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
partOf Yorubaland ⓘ
primaryCrop cassava ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
maize ⓘ
yam ⓘ
regionType urban area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba religion
religiousDemography Muslim majority ⓘ
religiousInstitution churches ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
role commercial hub ⓘ
stateCapitalOf none ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Timi of Ede ⓘ
transportLink road network to Ibadan ⓘ
road network to Lagos ⓘ
road network to Osogbo ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

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