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	Lagos (~~Nigerian English~~: /~~ˈleɪɡɒs~~/; Yoruba: ~~Èkó~~) is the most populous city in Nigeria and the ~~second~~-~~largest city in~~ Africa ~~after Kinshasa~~, ~~DRC~~, ~~having~~ a ~~population~~ of 14.~~8 million as~~ of ~~2021 in~~ the ~~town proper~~. ~~The~~ Lagos ~~metropolitan area has 21~~.~~3 million~~, ~~making it~~ the ~~second~~-~~largest metro area~~ in Africa~~, after Cairo.~~		{{Infobox settlement
			\| name = Lagos
			\| official_name = Lagos Metropolitan Area <br/> {{unbulleted list\|item_style=font-size:85%; \|{{native name\|yo\|Ìlú Èkó}}}}
			\| native_name ={{unbulleted list\|item_style=font-size:85%; \|Èkó}}
			\| image_skyline =Lagos Island.jpg
			\| imagesize = 300px
			\| image_caption = Lagos
			\| image_flag = Lagos Flag.png
			\| image_seal = Lagos Seal.png
			\| nickname = ''Eko akete'', ''Lasgidi''<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://premiumtimesng.com/sports/5817-18th-national-sports-festival-lagos-unveils-logo-mascot-and-website.html\|title=18th National Sports Festival: Lagos unveils Logo, mascot and website\|date=18 June 2012\|work=[[Premium Times]]\|accessdate=2 October 2012\|location=Abuja, Nigeria}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/eko-2012-building-branding-through-sports/122890/\|title=Eko 2012: Building Branding through Sports, Articles\|date=22 August 2012\|work=[[ThisDay]]\|accessdate=2 October 2012\|location=Lagos, Nigeria\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112111/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/eko-2012-building-branding-through-sports/122890/\|archivedate=24 December 2013\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
			\| motto = ''Èkó ò ní bàjé o!''
			\| image_map = Location of Lagos.png
			\| map_caption = The location of Lagos in the [[Lagos State\|State of Lagos]]
			\| pushpin_map = Nigeria
			\| pushpin_mapsize =
			\| pushpin_map_caption = Lagos shown within Nigeria
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|6.455027\|3.384082\|region:NG\|display=inline,title}}
			\| subdivision_type = Country
			\| subdivision_name = {{NGR}}
			\| subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria\|State]]
			\| subdivision_type2 = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria\|LGA(s)]]{{refn\|group=note\|Metropolitan Lagos consists 16 out of Lagos State's 20 Local government areas.<ref name="metrolagospop">{{cite web \| url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/nigeria-metrolagos.php \| title=Metro Lagos (Nigeria): Local Government Areas \| publisher=City Population \| date=21 March 2015 \| accessdate=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="metropolitan Lagos">{{cite web \| url=https://ng.boell.org/2015/07/02/lagos-and-its-potentials-economic-growth \| title=Lagos and Its Potentials for Economic Growth \| date=2 July 2015 \| accessdate=26 October 2015}}</ref>}}
			\| subdivision_name1 = [[Lagos State\|Lagos]]
			\| subdivision_name2 = {{collapsible list \|title=List of LGAs
			\|'''Island''' \|[[Amuwo-Odofin]] \|[[Apapa]] \|[[Eti-Osa]]{{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|Only Ikoyi-Obalande and Iru-Victoria Island LCDAs}} \|[[Lagos Island]]
			\|'''Mainland'''\|[[Ajeromi-Ifelodun]]\|[[Lagos Mainland]]\|[[Surulere]]
			\|'''Suburban''' \|[[Agege]] \|[[Alimosho]] \|[[Ifako-Ijaiye]] \|[[Ikeja]] \|[[Kosofe]] \|[[Mushin, Lagos\|Mushin]] \|[[Ojo, Lagos State\|Ojo]] \|[[Oshodi-Isolo]] \|[[Shomolu]] \|}}
			\| established_title = Settled
			\| established_date = 15th century
			\| founder = [[Awori tribe\|Awori]] subgroup of the [[Yoruba People\|Yoruba]]
			\| seat_type =
			\| seat =
			\| government_footnotes =
			\| leader_title1 = [[Oba of Lagos\|Oba]]
			\| leader_name1 = [[Rilwan Akiolu]] I
			\| area_footnotes = <ref name="metrolagospop"/>
			\| area_total_km2 = 1171.28
			\| area_land_km2 = 999.6
			\| area_water_km2 = 171.68
			\| area_urban_km2 = 907
			\| area_metro_km2 = 2706.7
			\| elevation_m =
			\| elevation_ft = 135
			\| population_total = 8,048,430
			\| population_as_of = 2006 census
			\| population_footnotes =
			\| population_density_km2 = 6,871
			\| population_est = 16,060,303<ref name="LASG">{{cite web \| url=http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=6 \| title=Population-Lagos State \| publisher=[[Lagos State Government]] \| accessdate=21 February 2016 \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018094514/http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=6 \| archive-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
			\| pop_est_as_of = 2012 by [[Lagos State Government\|LASG]]
			\| population_urban = 13,123,000<ref name=Demographia>{{cite book\|author1=Demographia\|title=Demographia World Urban Areas\|date=January 2015\|edition=11th\|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf\|accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref>
			\| population_density_urban_km2 =14,469
			\| population_metro = 21,000,000 (estimated)
			\| population_density_metro_km2 = 7,759
			\| population_rank = [[List of Nigerian cities by population\|1st]]
			\| population_demonym = Lagosian
			\| demographics_type1 = [[List of cities by GDP\|GDP]]
			\| demographics1_footnotes =
			\| demographics1_title1 =
			\| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Nigeria\|010]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwuQ71ZbaOcC&pg=PA87&redir_esc=y\|title= Bradt Travel Guides\|edition=3rd\|publisher=Paperback\|isbn=978-1-8416-2397-9\|first=Lizzie \| last=Williams\|page=87\|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>
			\| website =
			\| footnotes = {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha}}
			\| type = Metropolis
			\| demographics1_info1 =
			\| demographics1_title2 =
			\| demographics1_info2 =
			\| demographics1_title3 =
			\| demographics1_info3 =
			\| gini =
			\| gini_year =
			\| gini_category =
			\| timezone = [[West Africa Time\|WAT]] (UTC+1)
			\| utc_offset = +1
			\| blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification\|Climate]]
			\| blank_info = [[Tropical savanna climate\|Aw]]
			}}

			[[File:Lagos_1_galleryfull.jpg\|right\|thumb\|A bridge in Lagos]]
			[[File:A_street_in_Lagos%2C_Nigeria.jpg\|right\|thumb\|A street in Lagos]]

			'''Lagos''' is the second largest [[city]] in [[Africa]] and the most populous city in [[Nigeria]] and in West [[Africa]]. There are about 12.5 million to 18 million people living in Lagos, which makes it one of the biggest cities in Africa. Lagos is surrounded by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The city is made of several local government areas. Some of these areas are Somolu Koshofe, Ifelodun, Surulere, Agege, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ajegunle, Oshodi, and Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Writer\|first=Staff\|title=Africa’s biggest shipping ports\|url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/trending/81995/africas-biggest-shipping-ports/\|access-date=2021-05-04\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-VwMKQlGjIC\|title=Cities of the World: Africa\|last=Rajewski\|first=Brian\|date=1999\|publisher=Gale\|isbn=978-0-8103-7692-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Campbell\|first=John\|date=2012-07-10\|title=This Is Africa's New Biggest City: Lagos, Nigeria, Population 21 Million\|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/this-is-africas-new-biggest-city-lagos-nigeria-population-21-million/259611/\|access-date=2021-05-04\|website=The Atlantic\|language=en}}</ref>

			Each Local government area has a presence of the central government with the establishment of general hospital, judiciary and police stations.

			Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until 1992, when the capital became [[Abuja]]. Lagos is still the [[Commerce\|commercial]] capital of Nigeria and a gateway to West Africa. Lagos is made up of different islands like Victoria island, Bananna island, Snake island, and the mainland

			==Notes==
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			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

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