Yorubaland

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title: Yorubaland
text: Yorubaland is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km⁲ (54,871 sq mi). Of this land area, 106,016 km⁲ (74.6%) lies within Nigeria, 18.9% in Benin, and the remaining 6.5% is in Togo. Prior to European colonization, a portion of this area was known as Yoruba country. The geo-cultural space contains an estimated 55 million people, the majority of this population bei
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description: Cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorubaland
date created: 2004-09-07T05:29:04Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T00:57:14Z
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