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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.
Map of Nigeria Lagos, Lagos Kano, Kano State, second-most populous city by census 2006 Ibadan, Oyo State, third-most populous. This is a list of populated places in Nigeria. Cities in bold are among the fourteenth-most populous in the country (covered in more detail at List of Nigerian cities by population):
Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.
Kinshasa, the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa, is the nation's financial and economic centre. Lagos, Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent. Cairo, Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world.
Ibadan is the capital city of Oyo State, the fourth largest state economy in Nigeria, [39] and the second largest non-oil state economy in Nigeria after Lagos state. With its strategic location on the railway line connecting Lagos to Kano , [ 40 ] the city is a major centre for trade in cassava , cocoa , cotton , timber , rubber , and palm oil .
Ikorodu is a city located north-east of the state along the Lagos Lagoon. It shares a boundary with Ogun State. As of the 2006 Census, Ikorodu boosted population of about 535,619. [50] It is the third largest city in the south-west after Ibadan and Lagos while it is the 12th largest city in Nigeria. [51]
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .