Ekiti

...They are an agricultural people whose main crops are yams, cassava, and corn, but they have traditionally formed large urban settlements and developed their own political organizations (according to a 1931 census, 80% of the total population was concentrated in settlements with a population of 2,000 or more, and 35% lived in cities with a population of 20,000 or more). The Yoruba have formed more than 10 independent kingdoms, including the Kingdom of Ife, the Kingdom of Oyo, the Kingdom of Ijesha, the Kingdom of Ijebu, the Kingdom of Ondo, the Kingdom of Ekiti, and the Kingdom of Egba, which are believed to have been established in the 13th and 14th centuries. Each kingdom has a king as its political and religious authority, but the structure of its political organization differs from one another. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Ekiti" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ヤムイモ，キャッサバ，トウモロコシなどを主作物とする農耕民であるが，伝統的に大規模な都市的集落を形成し，独自の政治組織を発達させてきた(1931年の統計では人口2000以上の集落に全人口の80％が集中し，人口2万以上の都市の居住者も35％に達した)。　ヨルバは，イフェ王国，オヨ王国，イジェシャIjesha王国，イジェブIjebu王国，オンドOndo王国，エキティEkiti王国，エグバEgba王国など，13,14世紀に成立したとみられる，10余りの独立的な王国を形成してきた。各王国は政治的･宗教的権威としての王をいただくが，政治組織の構成はそれぞれに異なる。…

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