Measurements#
- Land area: 28,454 km² — 14th largest of 37 jurisdictions
- Local government areas: 33 — 3rd of 37
- Population (2006 census, the last held): 5,591,589 — 5th of 37
- Density: ~197 people per km² on 2006 figures — 16th of 37
Terrain#
Derived savannah and rainforest on the Ogun and Oba rivers; the Old Oyo National Park in the north. Ibadan was, until the 1970s, the largest indigenous city in tropical Africa.
References
Sources#
- National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria Statistical Fact Sheets (land area)
- National Population Commission, 2006 Census, gazetted figures
- Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, First Schedule Part I (LGA count)