A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Ibadan. It is a trade center in a farming region. Population: 861,000.
Ogbomosho
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Og·bo·mo·sho (ŏg'bə-mō'shō) 
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A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Ibadan. It is a trade center in a farming region. Population: 861,000.
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Ogbomosho (ōbū'môshô, ŏgbōmō'shō), city (1991 pop. 644,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for a farming region. Yams, cassava, corn, and tobacco are grown. Cotton is grown and used to weave cloth. Ogbomosho was founded in the 17th cent. It resisted Fulani invasions in the early 19th cent. and grew by absorbing refugees from towns destroyed by the Fulani. A teachers college is in the city.
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Ogbomosho (also Ogbomoṣo) is a city in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria, that was founded in the mid 1600s.[1] The population was approximately 645,000 as of 1991;[2] as of March 2005, it is estimated to be around 1,200,000.[3]
The majority of the people are members of the Yoruba ethnic group. Yams, cassava, maize, and tobacco are some of the notable agricultural products of the region.[2]
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- ^ "Ogbomosho". Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056821/Ogbomosho. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
- ^ a b Chernow, Barbara A; George A. Vallasi, ed (1993). "Ogbomosho". Columbia Encyclopedia (5th ed ed.). Columbia University Press. pp. 1997. http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Ogbomosho. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
- ^ "History". ogbomosodiocese.org. Ogbomoso Missionary Diocese. http://www.ogbomosodiocese.org/history.html. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
Coordinates: 8°08′N 4°15′E / 8.133°N 4.25°E
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