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Lagos State: 9,113,605 15,772,884 3,345 ... This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, ... Map of Nigerian states by population density.
Population 1 Ajeromi-Ifelodun: 1,456,783 2 ... This page was last edited on 31 October 2024, ... List of Lagos State local government areas by population.
Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967, [39] which restructured Nigeria into a federation of 12 states. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city , which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through ...
Lagos. The following are lists of the most populous fully defined incorporated settlements in Nigeria by population. This page consists of three different tables, with different kinds of settlements; a list for "defined cities", listing the population, strictly within the defined city limits, a list for "urban area" population, and another list for the population within metropolitan areas.
Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
Of the 36 Nigerian states, Lagos is the second most populous state but the smallest in terms of land mass. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin for 10 km, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the north for about 283 km, making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state.
There are around 2,119,221 Ijebus around south-west Nigeria, in Lagos and Ogun states.It has an estimated population of 394,246(2024). [2] It is home to Sungbo's Eredo one of the largest ramparts in West Africa.
Ajegunle has a population of about 550,000 residents from many of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. [3] The community was subject to the Ijaw/Ilaje conflict that became an inspiration for the album CRISIS, released in 2007 by African China. The community took “The last national population census in Nigeria was conducted in 2006.