Territorial change of Oyo Empire

“Oyo Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1609 to 1835. Its territory was largest in AD 1769 – 1819, at ≈ 88 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1609 – 1669≈ 6,032 km²
AD 1670 – 1682≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1733≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1751≈ 49 thousand km²
AD 1752 – 1761≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1762 – 1768≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1769 – 1819≈ 88 thousand km²
AD 1820 – 1833≈ 66 thousand km²
AD 1834 – 1835≈ 66 thousand km²
AD 1609AD 1835

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1769 – 1819 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1609≈ 6,032 km²90 of 100
AD 1612≈ 6,032 km²93 of 105
AD 1619≈ 6,032 km²94 of 107
AD 1622≈ 6,032 km²93 of 107
AD 1626≈ 6,032 km²94 of 109
AD 1629≈ 6,032 km²94 of 109
AD 1632≈ 6,032 km²96 of 109
AD 1636≈ 6,032 km²97 of 110
AD 1640≈ 6,032 km²101 of 114
AD 1642≈ 6,032 km²101 of 115
AD 1645≈ 6,032 km²101 of 115
AD 1648≈ 6,032 km²103 of 117
AD 1653≈ 6,032 km²100 of 115
AD 1659≈ 6,032 km²99 of 114
AD 1662≈ 6,032 km²101 of 116
AD 1670≈ 29 thousand km²81 of 117
AD 1673≈ 29 thousand km²83 of 117
AD 1677≈ 29 thousand km²82 of 116
AD 1683≈ 44 thousand km²74 of 117
AD 1687≈ 44 thousand km²72 of 113
AD 1691≈ 44 thousand km²71 of 111
AD 1696≈ 44 thousand km²68 of 108
AD 1700≈ 44 thousand km²68 of 107
AD 1702≈ 44 thousand km²71 of 109
AD 1706≈ 44 thousand km²75 of 114
AD 1709≈ 44 thousand km²77 of 120
AD 1713≈ 44 thousand km²80 of 123
AD 1718≈ 44 thousand km²79 of 124
AD 1721≈ 44 thousand km²80 of 125
AD 1727≈ 44 thousand km²82 of 128
AD 1734≈ 49 thousand km²78 of 132
AD 1738≈ 49 thousand km²76 of 125
AD 1741≈ 49 thousand km²77 of 125
AD 1744≈ 49 thousand km²75 of 129
AD 1748≈ 49 thousand km²79 of 132
AD 1752≈ 70 thousand km²73 of 132
AD 1757≈ 70 thousand km²69 of 132
AD 1762≈ 70 thousand km²70 of 131
AD 1763≈ 70 thousand km²70 of 132
AD 1769≈ 88 thousand km²60 of 128
AD 1772≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 127
AD 1775≈ 88 thousand km²57 of 132
AD 1776≈ 88 thousand km²58 of 132
AD 1778≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 131
AD 1780≈ 88 thousand km²58 of 131
AD 1781≈ 88 thousand km²58 of 131
AD 1783≈ 88 thousand km²58 of 130
AD 1788≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 129
AD 1791≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 128
AD 1792≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 130
AD 1794≈ 88 thousand km²56 of 125
AD 1796≈ 88 thousand km²55 of 124
AD 1797≈ 88 thousand km²55 of 125
AD 1799≈ 88 thousand km²54 of 124
AD 1800≈ 88 thousand km²54 of 123
AD 1803≈ 88 thousand km²54 of 123
AD 1805≈ 88 thousand km²53 of 125
AD 1806≈ 88 thousand km²52 of 138
AD 1807≈ 88 thousand km²52 of 132
AD 1809≈ 88 thousand km²54 of 131
AD 1811≈ 88 thousand km²57 of 131
AD 1812≈ 88 thousand km²60 of 133
AD 1814≈ 88 thousand km²66 of 142
AD 1815≈ 88 thousand km²59 of 139
AD 1820≈ 66 thousand km²70 of 148
AD 1822≈ 66 thousand km²74 of 147
AD 1824≈ 66 thousand km²74 of 148
AD 1825≈ 66 thousand km²77 of 150
AD 1828≈ 66 thousand km²75 of 144
AD 1830≈ 66 thousand km²74 of 143
AD 1834≈ 66 thousand km²76 of 143

Its highest rank was in AD 1806: number 138 of 52.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Wikipedia summary

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day western Nigeria (including the South West zone and the western half of the North Central zone) and Benin.

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