Oyo, Oyo State

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Ọ̀yọ́ Jàbàtá Òyó Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà, Òyó Aláàfin
City
Ọ̀yọ́
Picture taken of calabash carving in Oyo, Oyo State, of present-day Nigeria
Motto:  Ajíse Bí'Ọ̀yọ̀ Làárí
Ọ̀yọ́ Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°50′30″N 3°55′50″E / 7.84167°N 3.93056°E / 7.84167; 3.93056
Country	Nigeria
State	Oyo State
Government
• Alaafin	Vacant
Area
• Total	2,427 km2 (937 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	428,798
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
National language	Yorùbá

Oyo^[1] is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as 'New Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà) to distinguish it from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé), which had been deserted as a result of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars. Its inhabitants are mostly of the Yoruba people, and its ruler is the Alaafin of Oyo.