Oyo

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Oyo can refer to: In Nigeria:

• The Oyo Empire or Kingdom, a former West-African empire that covered parts of modern-day Nigeria and Benin
• Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire
• Oyo, a city in Oyo State founded in the 1830s as the capital of the Oyo Kingdom
• (Old) Oyo, or Katunga or Oyo-Ile was the capital city of the Oyo Kingdom until destroyed by the Fulani in the 1830s.

Elsewhere:

• Oyo (Congo), a city located in the Republic of the Congo

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