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<p><font color="#000000"><strong>Ibadan</strong> (Ìlú Èbá-Ọdàn, the town at the junction of the savannah and the forest), the capital of Oyo State, is the third largest city in Nigeria by population (after Lagos and Kano), and the largest in geographical area. At independence, Ibadan was the largest and the most populous city in Nigeria and the third in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg. It is located in south-western Nigeria, 78 miles inland from Lagos and is a prominent transit point between the coastal region and the areas to the north. Its population is 2,550,593<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup> according to 2006 census results, including 11 local government areas. The population of central Ibadan, including five LGA:s, is 1 338 659 according to census results for 2006, covering an area of 128 km². Ibadan had been the centre of administration of the old Western Region, Nigeria since the days of the British colonial rule, and parts of the city's ancient protective walls still stand to this day. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Yoruba people.</font></p>
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<li><a class="new" title="Alhaja Humani Alaga of Ibadan (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alhaja_Humani_Alaga_of_Ibadan&action=edit&redlink=1"><font color="#000000">Alhaja Humani Alaga of Ibadan</font></a><font color="#000000">, a powerful woman of Ibadan Founder of First women muslim school and first textile trader of Nigeria </font><a class="new" title="Alaga Ibadan (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alaga_Ibadan&action=edit&redlink=1"><font color="#000000">Alaga Ibadan</font></a><font color="#000000"> Business Tycoon </font></li>
<li><a class="new" title="Toyin Falola (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toyin_Falola&action=edit&redlink=1"><font color="#000000">Toyin Falola</font></a><font color="#000000">, a preeminent scholar on Africa and the Frances Higginbothom Nallen Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin </font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Akinwumi Ogundiran, an author, a scholar on African Studies, Africana Professor and the incubent chair of the Department of Africana, </font><a title="University of North Carolina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina"><font color="#000000">University of North Carolina</font></a><font color="#000000">, Charlotte. </font><a class="external autonumber" title="http://www.africana.uncc.edu/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.africana.uncc.edu/" rel="nofollow"><font color="#000000">[1]</font></a><font color="#000000"> </font></li>
<li><a title="Saffron (singer)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_(singer)"><font color="#000000">Saffron</font></a><font color="#000000">, lead singer of </font><a title="Republica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica"><font color="#000000">Republica</font></a><font color="#000000">, born Samatha Sprackling in Ibadan </font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Mrs. Julihana Olubisi Abu - An Ibadan based Teacher teaching for the 28th year within Oke Are and Oke Aremo ancient areas. </font></li>