Ifako

Ifako, also known as Ifako-Ijaye, is a town in , Southwest Nigeria. It had a population of 428,000 people in 2006.
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  • Type: local government area of Nigeria with 429,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Also known as: Ifako-Ijaiye” and “Ifako/Ijaye,LGA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anwar ul-Islam Girls High School.

School
Lagos State is a state in . Of the 36 states, Lagos is the most populous state but has the smallest landmass in Nigeria. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with the Republic of Benin, Lagos State borders to the north and east, making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agege and Abule Egba.

is in . It's a suburb of half a million people in Ikeja division which is the capital of . is one of the closest regions to . is a Local Government area in .

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , . It is part of the local government area of Lagos. The neighborhood was the site of a petroleum pipeline explosion, the 2006 pipeline explosion, which occurred on December 26, 2006.

Ifako

Latitude
6.665° or 6° 39′ 54″ north
Longitude
3.3028° or 3° 18′ 10″ east
Population
429,000
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
6FR5M883+24
Geo­Names ID
9485475
Wiki­data ID
Q5991116
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Ifako” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area
  • Chinese: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Dutch: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Esperanto: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • French: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • French: Ifako-Ijaye
  • German: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • German: Ifako-Ijaye
  • Hausa: Ifako-Ijaye
  • Igbo: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Italian: Ifako-Ijaye
  • Japanese: イファコ=イジャイェ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Portuguese: Ifako-Ijaiye
  • Spanish: Ifako Ijaiye
  • Spanish: Ifako-Ijaiye

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ifako”. Photo: Olaniyan Olushola, CC BY-SA 4.0.