Ilorin (English spelling)

Japanese: イロリン（英語表記）Ilorin

A city in southwestern Nigeria. Located about 260 km north-northeast of Lagos. Founded by the Yoruba people at the end of the 18th century, it was the capital of the Yoruba Kingdom, a vassal state of the Oyo Empire. In 1817, with the support of Chief Alimi of Sokoto, it rebelled against Oyo and achieved independence, with Alimi's son becoming chief. It flourished as a trade center between the north and south, and was incorporated into the British protectorate of northern Nigeria in 1900. Most of the residents are Yoruba. Located on the railway line connecting the north and south, it is a distribution center for cassava, corn, millet, rice, cotton, and livestock, and has a modern sugar factory as well as handicrafts such as leatherwork, pottery, and dyeing. Historical buildings such as the chief's castle and a mosque remain. Population: 420,000 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ナイジェリア南西部の都市。ラゴス北北東約 260kmに位置。 18世紀末にヨルバ族が建設，オヨ帝国の属国であるヨルバ王国の首都となったが，1817年ソコトの首長アリミの支援を得てオヨに反逆，独立を達成し，アリミの息子が首長となった。以後北部と南部の中継貿易地として栄え，1900年イギリス保護領の北部ナイジェリアに編入された。住民の大半はヨルバ族。南北を結ぶ鉄道沿線に位置し，キャッサバ，トウモロコシ，ミレット，米，綿花，家畜などの集散地で，近代的な製糖工場があるほか，皮細工，製陶，染色などの手工業が行われる。首長の居城，モスクなど歴史的建造物が残る。人口 42万 (1991推計) 。

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