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Lagos ( | {{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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