Southern Nigeria

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Southern Nigeria is the southern geopolitical and cultural region of Nigeria, encompassing diverse ethnic groups, major coastal cities, and significant economic hubs including much of the country’s oil-producing areas.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geopolitical region
borders Northern Nigeria
climate tropical rainforest climate
tropical savanna climate
contains Aba
Abeokuta
Abia State
Akure
Akwa Ibom State
Anambra State
Asaba
Awka
Bayelsa State
Benin City
Calabar
Calabar Port
linked to: Calabar

Cross River State
Delta Niger Delta
Delta State
Ebonyi State
Edo State
Ekiti State
Enugu
Enugu State
Ibadan
Imo State
Lagos
Lagos Port Complex
linked to: Apapa Port

Lagos State
Niger Delta
Ogun State
Ondo State
Onitsha
Onne Port
Osogbo
Osun State
Owerri
Oyo State
Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt Port
linked to: Port Harcourt

Rivers State
Umuahia
Uyo
Warri
Yenagoa
major seaports of Nigeria
much of Nigeria's oil reserves
country Nigeria
demographicCharacteristic high population density
economicRole commercial hub of Nigeria
industrial hub of Nigeria
oil-producing region
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
hasPart South East Nigeria
linked to: Eastern Nigeria

South South Nigeria
linked to: South-South Nigeria

South West Nigeria
linked to: Western Nigeria
historicalRegion area of former Southern Nigeria Protectorate
includes major financial centre Lagos
locatedIn Nigeria
West Africa
majorEthnicGroup Anioma people
Edo people
Efik people
Ibibio people
Igbo people
Ijaw people
Ikwerre people
Isoko people
Itsekiri people
Urhobo people
Yoruba people
officialLanguage English
partOf Nigerian South geopolitical zone
linked to: Southern Nigeria
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
timeZone West Africa Time
urbanizationLevel highly urbanized region
utcOffset +1
widelySpokenLanguage Efik language
Ibibio language
Igbo
linked to: Igbo people

Ijaw languages
Nigerian Pidgin
Yoruba

How these facts were elicited

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

Eastern Nigeria partOf Southern Nigeria
Western Nigeria partOf Southern Nigeria
Ogwashi-Ukwu locatedInRegion Southern Nigeria
Ogwashi-Ukwu locatedInGeopoliticalZone South-South Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Urhobo people populationRegion southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Bayelsa State locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Bayelsa State region South South Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Akwa Ibom State locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Akwa Ibom State region South South Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Itsekiri people region Southern Nigeria
Niger Delta conflict locatedIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Warri locatedInArea southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Rivers State locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Edo State locatedInRegion Southern Nigeria
Yenagoa locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria partOf Nigerian South geopolitical zone
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Dawanau grain market regionServed Southern Nigeria
Ijoid languages spokenIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Okrika locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Ikwerre people locatedIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Gbaramatu Ijaw region Southern Nigeria
British West Africa includes Southern Nigeria Protectorate
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Ogboin Ijaw locatedIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Boma Ijaw locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Benin City locatedInRegion southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Nembe locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Delta State locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Central Nigeria borderedBy Southern Nigeria
Garden City region Southern Nigeria
Jebba connectsRegion southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
House of Assembly usedInCountry Southern Nigeria (historically)
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Asaba locatedInRegion Southern Nigeria
Urhobo locatedIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Edoid languages spokenPrimarilyIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Oghene culturalContext Southern Nigeria
Aziza region Southern Nigeria
Effurun locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Oghara locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Abraka locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Oleh locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Edo people primaryRegion southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Afang soup regionOfOrigin Southern Nigeria
Ekpang Nkukwo regionOfOrigin Southern Nigeria
Kolokuma/Opokuma region Southern Nigeria
Akwa Ibom State University locatedIn Southern Nigeria
Defoid languages region southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Bini language spokenIn southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
Warri Kingdom partOf Southern Nigeria
Ode-Itsekiri region Southern Nigeria