Abeokuta is the capital city of

Ogun State Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It is bordered to the south by Lagos State and the Bight of Benin, to the east by Ondo State, and to the north by Oyo and Osun states while its western border forms part of the national borde ...

located at the south western part of

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. It is situated on the east bank of the

Ogun River The Ogun River ( Yoruba: Odò Ògùn) is a waterway in Nigeria that discharges into the Lagos Lagoon. Ogun State of Nigeria is named after the river. Course and usage The river rises near the towns of Sepeteri and Shaki in upper Oyo State at ...

, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded

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; north of

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by railway, or by

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. , Abeokuta and the surrounding area had a population of 449,088.

Geography and economy

Abẹokuta lies in fertile country of wooded

, the surface of which is broken by masses of grey

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

. It spreads over an extensive area, being surrounded by mud walls 18 miles in extent.

Palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from o ...

lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

natural rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...

, yams,

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

, fruits, and

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are the chief articles of trade. It is a key export location for cocoa, palm products, fruits, and

kola nut The kola nut ( Yoruba: ''obi'', Dagbani: ''guli'', Hausa: goro, Igbo: ''ọjị'', Sängö: ''gôro,'' Swahili: ''mukezu'') is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus ''Cola'', placed formerly in the cocoa family Sterculiaceae and ...

s. Both rice and cotton were introduced by the

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in the 1850s and have become integral parts of the economy, along with the dye

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. Abeokuta lies below the

Olumo Rock Olumo Rock is a mountain in south-western Nigeria. It is located in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, and was normally used as a natural Fortification, fortress during inter-tribal warfare in the 19th century. Its patron spirit is venerated in the ...

, home to several caves and shrines. The city depends on the

Oyan River Dam The Oyan River Dam is in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State in the West of Nigeria, about 20 km north west of the state capital Abeokuta. The dam crosses the Oyan River, a tributary of the Ogun River. It is used primarily to ...

for its water supply, which is not always dependable. The dam is situated in the Abeokuta North local government area of

in the West of Nigeria, about 20 km northwest of the state capital Abeokuta. The dam crosses the Oyan River, a tributary of the

. Abeokuta is the headquarters of the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, which is responsible for development of

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and

resources for

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, and Oyo states. Included in its development programme are

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, food-processing, and

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. Local industries include but are not limited to fruit

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plants, plastics, breweries, sawmills, and an aluminum products factory. South of town are the Aro granite quarries.

Transportation

Abeokuta is connected to nearby

by a railway that was completed in 1899, with a length of . In 2013, the Abeokuta flyover was constructed. Since 2021 there is a standard gauge railway line Lagos-Ibadan, which stops at Abeokuta. For this a new railway building has been built in Abeokuta. Tickets are bought by online booking only. Abeokuta Taxi

Roads connect it to Lagos as well as

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

Ilaro Ilaro is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ilaro's population in 2008 was estimated at 33,000 people, and in 2015 it was estimated to have grown to about 60,000. Ilaro is the headquarters of the Yewa South, Yewa South Local government, known as Ye ...

, Shagamu,

Iseyin Iseyin is a town located in Oyo, Nigeria. It is approximately north of Ibadan. The town was estimated to have a population of 236,000, according to United Nations 2005 estimate, which increased to 362,990 in 2011, and has a total land mass of ...

, Sango Ota, and Ketou.

History

An account suggests that the early Abeokuta settlements were established by Yoruba migrants from various places within

Yoruba land 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 . Of this land area, 106,016 km2 (74.6%) lies within Niger ...

. According to ''The History of the Yorubas'' by

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Chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egba joined him in founding a new community—the confederacy of towns that became known as Orile Egba—in the forest after they left the nascent

Oyo empire The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba people, Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day western Nigeria (including the South West (Nigeria), South West zone, Benin Republic, and the western half of the North Central (Nigeria), North Cent ...

in around the 13th century AD. Orile Egba continued to exist until its destruction during the Yoruba Civil Wars of the 19th century. As a result, many of the leading families of the Egba claim descent from the Eso Ikoyis today. Abeokuta was founded as a replacement for Orile Egba in around 1830 by the Egbas after the collapse of the Oyo empire during the civil war. The city was founded because of its strong defensive physical position by refugees trying to protect themselves against slave raiders from

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, who were trying to benefit from the war. The Owu-focused account states that in 1817, the

Oyo Empire The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba people, Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day western Nigeria (including the South West (Nigeria), South West zone, Benin Republic, and the western half of the North Central (Nigeria), North Cent ...

dissolved into civil war. Refugees displaced by the collapse of Oyo joined with the Ijebu in their war against the Owu in southern

Yorubaland 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 . Of this land area, 106,016 km2 (74.6%) lies within Niger ...

, which had broken out around the same time. Following the fall of Owu in around 1822, the leading Ife and Ijebu generals returned to their respective homes, but the rest of the armies that had allied with the Oyo refugees were invited by the Ijebus to Ipara, which they made their headquarters for further attacks against several towns in the region. This group then turned their attention to waging war with the

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, a loose confederacy of towns that had been established by Yoruba migrants in the 13th century and were spread throughout the forested land between Ipara and

. The group conquered and destroyed many of these towns, eventually settling in one of the villages that had not been completely destroyed,

, which they used as their headquarters for additional conquests. At least a handful of

groups had by this point joined the group of marauders, and they too were living at

. Conflict between the various groups arose, and in one incident, an Egba chief named Lamodi shot an Ife chief named Ege to death with a pistol at a public meeting before himself being killed in the ensuing commotion. Fearing Ife reprisal, most of the Egba population withdrew as a group to an encampment about 3 or 4 miles distant on the other side of the Ona River. Here they enlisted Sodeke to be their leader and migrated to a hilly area known as

, where they established the town of Abeokuta around 1830 at what was then a small farming village. Nevertheless, all accounts agree that in the 19th century, the

became a place of refuge for displaced Yoruba people during the

Yoruba Revolutionary Wars The Yoruba Wars, also known as the Yoruba Civil Wars, were a series of conflicts that engulfed the Yoruba-speaking areas of West Africa from approximately 1789 to 1893. These wars were characterized by intense and prolonged struggles among various ...

, and from the Dahomey slave hunters. People were scattered throughout the landscape, taking shelter among the rocks surrounding the settlement. The Egba who established Abeokuta were soon joined by other Egba refugees and a substantial number of Owu who had escaped their captors. It became a busy metropolis and home to the majority of the Egba. However, the various groups of Egba did not fuse into a single community; rather, Abeokuta functioned more as a "federation of communities within a town wall than a community in its own right". Because Abeokuta was in a key location for the palm oil trade and because it was the so-called capital of the Egbas,

soon became hostile. In the 1851 Battle of Abeokuta, the Egba defeated

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and the Dahomey incursion. They again beat back the Dahomey military in 1864.Canby, Courtlandt. ''The Encyclopedia of Historic Places''. (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1984), p. 2. The 1860s also saw problems arise with the Europeans, namely the British in Lagos, which led to the Egba first closing trade routes, followed by the expulsion of missionaries and traders in 1867. Between 1877 and 1893 the Yoruba Civil Wars occurred, and Abeokuta opposed

, which led the king or ''alake'' of the Egba to sign an alliance with the British governor, Sir Gilbert Carter. This occurred in 1893, which formalized the

Egba United Government The Egba United Government (EUG) was a short-lived but significant government established in the late 19th century by the Egba- Egbado people, a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group, in what is now South-western Nigeria and Eastern Benin. Mainly ...

based in Abẹokuta which became recognized by the United Kingdom. In 1914, the Egba lands were incorporated into the colony of Nigeria by the British, with Abeokuta as the provincial capital. In 1918, an uprising took place, the Adubi War, which was related to the levying of taxes and the policy of indirect rule by Sir Frederick Lugard, the British Governor-General. This was the only internal threat to British control of Nigeria during the course of the

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. The Abeokuta Women's Revolt, led by the Abeokuta Women's Union (AWU), took place in the 1940s. It was a resistance movement against the imposition of unfair taxation by the Nigerian colonial government. In 1976, Abeokuta became the capital of the newly created

Tourism

Abeokuta's name already refers to several rock formations in the neighbourhood, especially

. Visitors should be aware that the rock has a spiritual significance and respectful behaviour is therefore strongly recommended.

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY OKE-MOSAN ABEOKUTA

The

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library is a library owned by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria. It is a historic, tourist and academic centre established as a national archive for the preservation of documents and materi ...

is another tourist destination in Abeokuta. (As a colonel in the

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, Obasanjo carried out the decisive operation to defeat the secessionist region of Biafra, was later Chief of Staff under dictator Murtala Mohammed, escaped assassination by mistaken identity during a coup, became dictator himself, and led his country into democracy; was on death row under

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and then democratically elected twice as the first president of the Fourth Republic, which still exists today.) The library is less a library than a museum about the eventful life of the general and politician.

Climate

Notable buildings

Abeokuta was once surrounded by 18 miles of wall, and remnants of the historic wall still exist today. Ake, the traditional residence of the Alake, along with Centenary Hall (1930), are both in the

Egba Alake Egba Ake, otherwise known as Egba Alake, is one of the four sections of Egbaland, the others being Oke-Ona, Gbagura, and the Owu (Ibara is often mentioned as another section; this is part of Yewa historically, not Egba, though it is also locat ...

's territory. There are secondary and primary schools and the

University of Lagos The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a Public university, public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the education in Nigeria#First generation universities, first generation universities in ...

Abeokuta Campus opened in 1984. This campus specializes in science, agriculture, and technology. This has since been changed to an independent full-fledged tertiary institution,

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta is one of the higher institutions of learning owned and run by the Federal government of Nigeria. History The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, or FUNAAB, was establish ...

(FUNAAB) in 1988. The Green Legacy Resort is a large resort/hotel built by former president

Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo (; ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian former army general, politician and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 200 ...

and investors. The

Presidential Library (OOPL) is also located within the grounds of the resort. The governor's office located at Oke-Mosan is also a notable building. The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Federal College of Education, Osiele, are also notable locations in Abeokuta.

Notable people from Abeokuta

* Chief

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, businessman, politician and presidential candidate. * Chief

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and son of the Alake of Egbaland Sir

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. * Prince

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, former World Court judge. * Dr.

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, pastor. * Dimeji Bankole, politician and businessman. * Princess

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princess of the Yoruba people, goddaughter of

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. * Jean-Marie Coquard, French Christian medical missionary * Oba

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, monarch and businessman. * Abimbola Jayeola, Nigeria first female helicopter pilot *

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, musician and political activist. *

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, identical twin sisters that were an iconic music pair in Africa between the 1960s and 1980s. * Chief

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from 1999 to 2007. *

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, juju musician and evangelist. *

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, musician and businessman. *

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, bandit * Chief

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, women's rights activist. * Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, professor of pediatrics, former Minister of Health. * Chief

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, Nobel Prize-winning author. * Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, monarch and businessman. * Chief Bisoye Tejuoso, businesswoman and titled aristocrat. *

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, titled aristocrat. * Chief Akintola Williams, accountant, founder of ICAN. Oba Oyebade Lipede. Professor Jide Dasaolu * Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, legal scholar.

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References

External links

"Abẹ́òkuta's Living History"
{{Authority control Populated places in Ogun State State capitals in Nigeria Cities in Yorubaland Cities in Nigeria 1830 establishments in Africa Populated places established in 1830