Yoruba people

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The Yorùbá are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria, comprising approximately 26 percent of the total population about 30 million. They live largely in the south-west of the country; there are also substantial Yorùbá communities in Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Cuba and Brazil. The Yorùbá are the main ethnic group in the states of Ekiti, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun,Kogi, Edo(Akoko Edo), and Oyo. A sizable number of Yorùbá live in the Republic of Benin, while small communities can be found yet further afield, in Togo, Sierra Leone, Brazil and Cuba. The majority of Yorùbá people are Christians, with the Church of Nigeria (Anglican), Catholic, Pentecostal, Methodist, and Indigenous churches having the largest memberships. Moslems comprise about a quarter of the Yoruba population, with the traditional Yorùbá religion accounting for the rest. The Yorùbá were the most urbanized Africans in the precolonial era, and have a history of town-dwelling that goes back to 500 A.D. The chief Yorùbá cities are Lagos Ibadan Abeokuta Akure Ilorin Ogbomoso Ondo Ota Shagamu Iseyin Osogbo Ilesha Oyo Ife

See some Yoruba cities [1][2][3]

Sport: Yorubaland have various sport stadium, with team like the National stadium(55,000 capacity), Lagos,Liberty stadium (40,000 Capacity), Ibadan , Telsim Balogun stadium (30,000),Lagos. See also: Yorùbá language