Iseyin


Iseyin

(ēsā`ăN), town (1991 est. pop. 192,000), SW Nigeria. The city, located in a tobacco-growing region, has an important traditional textile industry. Iseyin was the capital of a small YorubaYoruba
, people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are in Yorubaland.
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 kingdom under the OyoOyo
, city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava. Traditional artisans make textiles and leather goods and carve utensils from shells of the calabash gourd. Oyo was founded c.
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 empire. In 1893 it came under British control. A rebellion in 1916 against British-imposed taxes was quelled.

Iseyin

 

a city in the Western Region of Nigeria. Population, 95,200 (1963). Its cottage industries include the processing of cloth and tobacco. Palm nuts are harvested and their oil is extracted.