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Aerial view of Lagos in 1929. Lagos is the largest city of the West-African country of Nigeria, and its former capital; it is the largest city in Africa in terms of population with about 15.3 million people. [1] It is also the 4th largest economy in Africa. [2]
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.
1908 - Lagos Municipal Board of Health [14] and People's Union [15] established. 1909 - King's College, Lagos founded. [1] 1911 Kano-Lagos railway begins operating. Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society chapter established. [15] Population: 73,766. 1913 - Apapa wharf built. [16] 1914 Lagos becomes capital of the British Colony and ...
Lagos, the city, along with these other towns were captured to create the state of Lagos, with the state becoming fully recognized as a semi-autonomous [42] administrative division on 11 April 1968. [40] Lagos served the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital until 1976 when the capital of the state was moved to Ikeja. [40]
Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. [2] Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313 196.Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, [3] Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government reservation areas.
Pages in category "History of Lagos" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelled "Docemo" in British documents) resisted the cession for 11 days while facing the threat of violence on Lagos and its people, but capitulated and signed the Lagos Treaty of Cession. [1] Lagos was declared a colony on 5 March 1862. [2] By 1872, Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading centre with a population over 60,000. [3]
Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991. Accra Ghana: Adamstown Pitcairn Islands: Oceania: British Overseas Territory. Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Africa: Aden (de facto, temporary) Yemen: Asia: Yemen is in a state of civil war, and Sanaa has been occupied by Houthi rebels since September 2014. Aden, the former capital of South Yemen, is Yemen's ...