Badagry

Badagry, also known as Gbadagri, is a coastal town and local government area in , . Being the second largest town in Lagos State, Badagry is surrounded by lakes, creeks or runlets and island, which makes beaches and resorts one of the major attractions of the ancient town.
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  • Type: City with 26,400 residents
  • Description: town and local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Badagry, LGA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Badagry Heritage Museum and Seriki Williams Abass Slave Museum.

Museum
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is a museum in Badagry, that is housed in the District Officer's Office built in 1863 by the British colonial government. The museum is managed by the Nigerian Cultural Commission.

Museum
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The is a historical site located in Badagry, , Nigeria. Established in the early 1840s, serving both as the compound of Seriki Williams Abass and a place for holding slaves during the transatlantic slave trade.

Museum
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Badagry

Latitude
6.4167° or 6° 25′ 0″ north
Longitude
2.8846° or 2° 53′ 5″ east
Population
26,400
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NG BAD
Open location code
6FR4CV8M+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501517604
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2348395
Wiki­data ID
Q798812
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yoruba—“Badagry” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Badagry”
  • Cebuano: “Badagry (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Badagry”
  • Chinese: “Badagry”
  • Chinese: “巴达格里”
  • Chinese: “巴達格里”
  • Dutch: “Badagry”
  • Esperanto: “Badagrio”
  • Esperanto: “Badagry”
  • French: “Badagri”
  • French: “Badagry”
  • German: “Badagri”
  • German: “Badagry”
  • Gun: “Gbagi”
  • Gun: “Gbagli”
  • Hausa: “Badagry,LGA”
  • Hausa: “Badagry”
  • Hungarian: “Badagri”
  • Igbo: “Badagry, LGA”
  • Igbo: “Badagry”
  • Italian: “Badagry”
  • Japanese: “バダグリ”
  • Malayalam: “ബാഡഗ്രി”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Badagry”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Badagry”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Badagry”
  • Norwegian: “Badagry”
  • Polish: “Badagri”
  • Portuguese: “Badagri”
  • Portuguese: “Badagry”
  • Romanian: “Badagri”
  • Russian: “Бадагри”
  • Spanish: “Badagry”
  • Yoruba: “Badagri”
  • Yoruba: “Badagry, LGA”
  • Yoruba: “Badagry”
  • “Badagry”

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