Ikire

E305702

Ikire is a prominent town in southwestern Nigeria known for its location along major transport routes and its distinctive local delicacies, particularly “dodo Ikire.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ikire canonical 11
Akire of Ikire 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Irewole Local Government Area ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Yoruba-speaking population ⓘ
economicRole regional trading center ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
geographicRegion forest-savanna transition zone ⓘ
hasCulinaryCulture Yoruba cuisine ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFestivalType Yoruba cultural festivals ⓘ
hasFoodSpecialty fried plantain snack dodo Ikire ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Irewole ⓘ
hasMarket Ikire central market ⓘ
hasTraditionalInstitution Akire of Ikire stool ⓘ
hasTransportRole stopover town between Ibadan and Ile-Ife ⓘ
knownFor dodo Ikire ⓘ
local delicacies ⓘ
roadside food markets ⓘ
languageUsed Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Osun State ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
locatedOn Ibadan–Ife expressway ⓘ
major transport routes in southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
nearbyCity Ibadan ⓘ
Ile-Ife ⓘ
Osogbo ⓘ
partOf Irewole Local Government Area ⓘ
postalCode 230 ⓘ
region Yorubaland ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ
roadConnection Ibadan ⓘ
Ile-Ife ⓘ
Osogbo ⓘ
roadType federal highway corridor ⓘ
stateCapitalOf Irewole Local Government Area headquarters ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Akire of Ikire ⓘ
linked to: Ikire
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

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