Apapa
Apapa is a Local Government Area in Lagos, Nigeria located to the west of Lagos Island. Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority, including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 218,000 residents
- Description: LGA in Lagos State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Apapa, LGA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apapa Amusement Park.
Apapa Amusement Park
Theme park
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The Apapa Amusement Park is an amusement park in Lagos, Nigeria. The park was built in 2008 and it spans an area of approximately 7.7 acres. The park reopened after a three-year closure due to environmental and security reasons, and after a complete makeover in 2015.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajegunle and Ijora.
Ajegunle
Ajegunle is a town in Lagos State, 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.Ijora
Ijora is a small district in Lagos State. 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 Ijora of today, which is now an industrial estate.Lagos Island
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Lagos Island is an island and district in Lagos, containing a central business district. The island is characterized by high-rise buildings and businesses. The island is home to many of the city's largest wholesale marketplaces, and to some important sites.
Apapa
- Categories: port city, tourist attraction, and local government area of Nigeria
- Location: Lagos City, Lagos State, South West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Apapa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة فيكتوريا”
- Bengali: “আপাপা”
- Cebuano: “Apapa (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Apapa”
- Chinese: “Apapa”
- Chinese: “阿帕帕”
- Danish: “Apapa”
- Dutch: “Apapa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة فيكتوريا”
- Esperanto: “Apapa”
- Finnish: “Apapa”
- French: “Apapa”
- German: “Apapa”
- Greek: “Απάπα”
- Gujarati: “અપાપા”
- Hausa: “Apapa”
- Hausa: “LGA”
- Igbo: “Apapa”
- Indonesian: “Apapa”
- Irish: “Apapa”
- Italian: “Apapa”
- Japanese: “アパパ”
- Kannada: “ಅಪಾಪಾ”
- Korean: “아파파”
- Latvian: “Apapa”
- Lithuanian: “Apapa”
- Malay: “Apapa”
- Marathi: “अपापा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Apapa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apapa”
- Persian: “آپاپا”
- Polish: “Apapa”
- Portuguese: “Apapa”
- Russian: “Остров Виктория”
- Sinhala: “අපපා”
- Spanish: “Apapa”
- Swedish: “Apapa”
- Tamil: “அப்பாபா”
- Telugu: “అపాప”
- Thai: “อพาพา”
- Turkish: “Apapa”
- Ukrainian: “Апапа”
- Urdu: “اپاپا”
- Venetian: “Apapa”
- Vietnamese: “Apapa”
- Yoruba: “Apapa”
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