Yorubaland

(noun)

The 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 142,114 square kilometers. The geocultural space contains an estimated 55 million people, the overwhelming majority of whom are ethnic Yorubas.

Examples of Yorubaland in the following topics:

The Yoruba States
- Yorubaland is the cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa.
- Evidence suggests that as of the 7th century BCE, the African peoples who lived in Yorubaland were not initially known as the Yoruba, though they shared a common ethnicity and language group.
- The next oba, Eguguojo, conquered nearly all of Yorubaland.
- With imperial expansion, Oyo reorganized to better manage its vast holdings within and outside Yorubaland.
- These layers were Metropolitan Oyo, southern Yorubaland, the Egbado Corridor, and Ajaland.