Ijebu ode
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 55 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||
| Ogun | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NG-OG | ||
| height | 70 m | ||
| surface | 192 km² | ||
| Residents | 209,191 (2005) | ||
| density | 1,089.5 Ew. / km² | ||
Ijebu-Ode is a city in the state of Ogun in Nigeria with 209,191 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005).
The city is a transport hub and regional trading center. Ijebu-Ode is known for Sungbos Eredo , a 150 km long earth wall with up to 15 m deep trenches, similar to the walls of Benin .
history
Ijebu-Ode is an ancient city; it was the capital of the kingdom of the Ijebu , a tribe of the Yoruba , in the 16th century . In December 1941, Muhammad Jumat Imam (1896-1960) started his millenarian Mahdiyya movement in Ijebu-Ode . Jumat Imam, who himself came from a Muslim family, declared himself a Mahdi and called for unity between Muslims and Christians.
Personalities
- Adebayo Adedeji (1930–2018), politician
- Joseph Adetunji Adefarasin (1920–1989), lawyer
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/488/
- ↑ See also Peter B. Clarke: Charismatic Authority and the Creation of a New Order. The Case of the Mahdiyyat Movement in South-Western Nigeria. In: Donal B. Cruise O'Brien, Christian Coulon (Eds.): Charisma and Brotherhood in African Islam. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1988, ISBN 0-19-822723-X , pp. 157-182.