Ilesa (Nigeria)
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Name (Hebrew)
אילשה (ניגריה)
Name (Latin)
Ilesa (Nigeria)
Other forms of name
Ilesha (Nigeria)
nnaa Ilesha, Nigeria
Ijesa (Nigeria)
Coordinates
4.75 4.75 7.633333333 7.633333333 (gooearth )
E0051530 E0051530 N0070814 N0070814 (geonames )
Associated country
Nigeria
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- BGN tel. call 12/8/82(Ilesha, ppl, 7°37ʹN 40°44ʹE)
- Col. gaz. online, Apr. 9, 2009(Ilesha, city, Osun State, SW Nigeria; was capital of the Yoruba Ilesha kingdom of the Oyo empire)
- GEOnet, Apr. 9, 2009(Ilesa, ppl, 7°37ʹN 4°44ʹE; variant: Ilesha)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 07°08ʹ14ʺN 005°15ʹ30ʺE)
- Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture WWW site, Apr. 9, 2009(Ilesa Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Osun State)
- Trager, L. Yoruba hometowns, 2001:p. 38 (Ilesa, the major Ijesa city; the people are called Ijesa) p. 10 (Contemporary Yoruba spelling utilizes diacritical markings to indicate the sound "sh" ... for example, Ilesa and Ijesa are pronounced "Ilesha" and "Ijesha" ... older forms of spelling used the "sh")
- Wikipedia, Apr. 9, 2009Ilesa (a city located in the SW of Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic state (also known as Ijesha or Ijesa) centered around that city; The state of Ilesa was founded c. 1500)
- De Swardt, A. J. The geology of the country ... 1953.
- BGN tel. call 12/8/82(Ilesha, ppl, 7p0s37ʹN 40p0s44ʹE)
- GEOnet, 5 Apr. 2002(Nigeria: Ilesha, ppl, 7p0s37ʹN 4p0s44ʹE; also Ilesa, ppl, 7p0s37ʹN 4p0s44ʹE)
- Getty thesaurus of geog. names(Ilesha, Nigeria, Osun)
- Col. gaz., 1998(Ilesha, Osun State, SW Nigeria)
- Ilesa, Nigeria WWW Home page, 5 Apr. 2002(created ca. 1500; also spelled Ijesa)
- Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Nigeria WWW Home page, 5 Apr. 2002(Ilesha Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Ilesa, Osun State)
- Current Population for Cities and Towns of Nigeria WWW Home page, 5 Apr. 2002(Ilesha, Osun State; alternative name: Ilesa)