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  2. Lagos - Wikipedia

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    Lagos (/ ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [ 10 ][ 11 ] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [ 11 ][ 12 ] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent. [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ...

  3. List of cities in Africa by population - Wikipedia

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    Lagos: 2 Nigeria: 16,536,018 ... South Africa: 786,127 2022 [97] Benguela: 98 ... List of urban areas in Africa by population; List of European cities by population ...

  4. Demographics of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Note 2: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Nigeria; as of 6 June 2022, Nigeria has reported a total of 256,148 cases of COVID-19 or 124.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 3,148 cumulative deaths or a rate of 1.5 cumulative ...

  5. List of Nigerian states by population - Wikipedia

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    Map of Nigerian states by population density. The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [1] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics. [2]

  6. Lagos State - Wikipedia

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    Lagos State (Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó, Gun: Ayìmátẹ̀n Awọnlìn tọ̀n) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 Nigerian states, it is the second most populous state but the smallest in area. 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 ...

  7. List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    Rank State HDI (2021) Medium human development 1 Lagos: 0.681 2 Ogun: 0.671 3 Anambra: 0.662 Delta: 5 Bayelsa: 0.651 6 Rivers: 0.648 7 Imo: 0.647 8 Federal Capital Territory

  8. Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Lagos is the largest city in Africa, with a population of over 12 ... (as of 2022), which is less than South Africa, Egypt ... Lagos is regarded as one of the ...

  9. History of Lagos - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Lagos in 1929. ... it is the largest city in Africa in terms of population with about 15.3 million people. [1] ... In 2022, the Nigerian Railway ...