Edo

Edo
Wuri
6°30′N 6°00′E / 6.5°N 6°E / 6.5; 6
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Najeriya
Babban birni	Birnin Kazaure
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	4,235,595 (2016)
• Yawan mutane	237.93 mazaunan/km²
Harshen gwamnati	Turanci
Labarin ƙasa
Yawan fili	17,802 km²
Sun raba iyaka da	Jahar Kogi jahar Delta Jahar Ondo
Bayanan tarihi
Mabiyi	Bendel State (en)
Ƙirƙira	27 ga Augusta, 1991
Tsarin Siyasa
Majalisar zartarwa	Executive council of Edo State (en)
Gangar majalisa	Edo State House of Assembly (en)
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Lambar aika saƙo	300001
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC+01:00
Tsarin lamba ta kiran tarho	+234
Lamba ta ISO 3166-2	NG-ED
Wasu abun
Yanar gizo	edostate.gov.ng

Jihar Edo Jiha ce dake kudu maso kudancin Najeriya.^[1] Babban birnin jihar shi ne Benin. Dangane da ƙidayar shekara ta 2006, Jihar ita ce ta shida a yawan jama'a da adadin mutane kimanin 3,233,366.^[2] Edo ita ce ta 22 a faɗin ƙasa a Najeriya.^[3] Babban birnin jihar shi ne Benin City, ita ce birni ta hudu a girma a Najeriya, kuma ta ƙunshi cibiyar masana'antun roba a Najeriya.^[4][5] An ƙirƙire ta a shekarar 1991, daga tsohuwar Jihar Bendel, kuma ana kiranta da kuma suna "Heart beat of the Nation" (bugun zuciyan ƙasa).^[6]

Jihar Edo tana da iyaka da Jihar Kogi daga arewa maso gabas, Jihar Anambra da ga gabas, Jihar Delta daga kudu maso gabas da kudu maso kudancin jihar, Jihar Ondo kuma daga yamma.^[7]

Yankunan Jihar Edo a yau sun haɗa iyaka da masarautun da dauloli da aka kafa tun a ƙarni na 11 miladiyya, harda Masarautar Benin.^[8] A shekarar alif 1897, Daular Burtaniya ta ƙaddamar da wata azzalimar ziyara ga yankin Benin, inda suka tarwatsa tsaffin biranen Edo, inda suka haɗe su a cikin yankin da ta zamo Yankin mulkin mallaka na Kudancin Najeriya.^[9][10]

Edo jiha ce dake ɗauke da mutane iri-iri musamman Harsunan Edoid da kuma Mutanen Edo ko Bini,^[11] Esan, Kabilar Owan, Afemai.^[12] Harshen da yafi fice daga cikin yarukan Edo shine Yaren Edo wanda akae yawan amfani dashi a Birnin Benin.^[13] Mafi yawa mutanen Jihar mabiya addinin Kiristanci ne. Turawan mishanari na Portugal suka kawo addinin a yankin a ƙarni na 15. Akwai 'yan tsirarun mabiya addinin Musulunci da addinan gargajiya.^[14]

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2. ↑ "Nigeria Census - Nigeria Data Portal". nigeria.opendataforafrica.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
3. ↑ "World Gazetteer: Nigeria - administrative divisions (per geographical…". archive.ph. 2013-01-05. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
4. ↑ "Benin City | History & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
5. ↑ admin (2018-06-08). "Obaseki Revives N5.1bn Urhonigbe Rubber Plantation". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
6. ↑ "Edo state: The heartbeat of the Nation". Channels Television. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
7. ↑ "Edo | state, Nigeria | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
8. ↑ Strayer 2013, pp. 695–696.
9. ↑ Obinyan, T. U. (September 1988). "The Annexation of Benin". Journal of Black Studies. Sage . 19 (1): 29–40. doi:10.1177/002193478801900103. JSTOR 2784423. S2CID 142726955.
10. ↑ Koutonin, Mawuna (2016-03-18). "Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
11. ↑ "Edo" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-05-30.
12. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Esan ethnic group; whether it is a sub-group of the Yoruba; religions practised; whether members of this ethnic group engage in Ogboni practices". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
13. ↑ "Edo language, alphabet and pronunciation". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
14. ↑ "Benin kingdom/Edo state Religions". www.edoworld.net. Retrieved 2021-03-15.