Ajegunle

Ajegunle is a town in , Southwest Nigeria. It is located in the Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government area of Lagos. It's often seen as the slum or ghetto of Lagos State.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Apapa and Ijora.

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is a Local Government Area in . Tin Can Island Port is located in .

is a small district in . The area used to be a swampy and water-logged area before the reclamation of land and further reconstruction was done on it to make it the of today, which is now an industrial estate.

is a community of 1.5 million people in . It includes Festac Town a federal housing estate named after the Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture that was held there in 1977, and Satellite Town, a suburb and state housing estate that was set up by the Lagos state government in 1960 to support and help government workers become land and house owners.

Ajegunle

Latitude
6.4568° or 6° 27′ 25″ north
Longitude
3.3415° or 3° 20′ 29″ east
Population
550,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
6FR5F84R+PH
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Ajegunle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أجيغونليه”
  • Chinese: “阿傑貢勒”
  • Chinese: “阿杰贡勒”
  • Dutch: “Ajegunle”
  • German: “Ajegunle”
  • Hausa: “Ajegunle”
  • Igbo: “Ajegunle”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ajegunle”
  • Russian: “Айегунле”
  • Spanish: “Ajegunle”
  • Yoruba: “Ajegunle”

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