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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
 
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