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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 south west, 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.
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.
Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions. ... Lagos is the largest city in Africa, with a population of over 12 million in its urban area. [132]
Lagos State is a major economic centre of Nigeria. It would be the fifth largest economy in Africa if it were a country. [28] Lagos State houses headquarters of most conglomerates and commercial banks in Nigeria. [66]
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):
Ethnographic map of Africa, from Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (1932) ... Sub-Saharan Africa has several large cities. Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.
Makoko is sometimes referred to as the "Venice of Africa" owing to its waterways. [1] Its population is considered to be 85,840; however, the area was not officially counted as part of the 2007 census and the population has been estimated to be much higher. [ 2 ]
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.