Bariga
Bariga is a district and suburb in Lagos State, Nigeria. It was formerly under Somolu local government area of Lagos State but in 2013 it was upgraded by the State government as a Local Council Development Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include CMS Grammar School and Gbagada General Hospital.
CMS Grammar School
School
The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society.
National Orthopaedic Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, is a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. It is colloquially referred to simply as "Igbobi" or "Igbobi hospital". In 2019, the hospital partnered with SIGN Fracture Care International, US to tackle limb deformity. National Orthopaedic Hospital is situated 2½ km west of Bariga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ojuelegba and Yaba.
Ojuelegba
Photo: Sho photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ojuelegba is in Lagos. Ojuelegba is a suburb in Surulere local government area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria. The town is known for its crowded setting as depicted in Fela's 1975 Confusion album, Ojuelegba is regarded as one of the busiest places in Lagos.
Yaba
Surulere
Photo: S.aderogba, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Surulere is a local government area located on the mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria. It has an area of 23 km2. At the 2006 census, there were 503,975 inhabitants, with a population density of 21,864 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Bariga
- Type: Suburb
- Description: District in Lagos, Nigeria
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Somolu, Lagos City, Lagos State, South West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.535° or 6° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
3.39472° or 3° 23′ 41″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
6FR5G9MV+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 501502941OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Yoruba—“Bariga” goes by many names.
- French: “Bariga”
- Fulah: “Bariga”
- Hausa: “Bariga”
- Igbo: “Bariga”
- Russian: “Барига”
- Slovenian: “Bariga”
- Yoruba: “Bariga”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bariga”. Photo: Tijl Vercaemer, CC BY 2.5.