Oshogbo

Oshogbo is the capital of Osun state, Nigeria, and has a metropolitan population approaching two million.¹ Outside the city limits is the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A notable building is the Oshogbo Township Stadium. Most residents speak Yoruba² and most are probably Christians.

External References

Goddess sculpture in Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

Footnotes

(1) world-gazetteer.com, Africa table, accessed 1/9/2010
(2) Nigeria index map in Raymond G. Gordon, Jr., ed., Ethnologue Languages of the World, 15th ed. (SIL International, 2005).