WHERE IS OGBOMOSO ON THE MAP?
Ogbomoso is located in the southwestern highlands of Nigeria, a border city between the western and northern parts of the Nigerian homeland, an area referred to as Yoruba land, located on the plateau of Yoruba land at an altitude of 1200 feet and 366 kilometers in an area of savannah and farmland and at the intersection of roads from Oyo to the south, Ilorin to the north, Osogbo to the east and Igbeti to the west, in the category of city places with GPS coordinates 8° 8' 31.7940'' North and 4°14' 42.6696'' East.
Geographical information of Ogbomoso:
Latitude: 8.142165
Longitude: 4.245186.
Degrees Minutes Seconds Latitude: 8° 8' 3107940''' North.
Degrees Minute Seconds Longitude: 4°14' 4206696''' East.
Mercator's transverse world direction to the east: 637,180.97.
Mercator's global transverse to north: 900,225.61.
The settlement of Ogbomoso emerged in the late 1600s and was strategically located along one of the trans-Saharan trade routes.
Ogbomoso served as a gateway across the desert on the way to Gonga in the Volta region. It had an impact on the growth and development of the settlement, leading to inter-group relations and influence between the Ogbomoso people and their northern neighbors such as: Nupe, Hausa, Fulani, Bariba, Kanuri, etc.
This relationship goes beyond and intersects with cultural influence, especially in the spread of Islam, the exchange of modern technology, trade and barter.
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