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Ijora

Ijora 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 Ijora of today, which is now an industrial estate.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: settlement in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Ijora, Lagos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Theatre and National Gallery of Modern Art.

Theater building
Photo: Maersk Line, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , Nigeria is the primary centre for the performing arts in . It shares the same architectural design as the in Varna, , and it is four times bigger.

Arts center
Photo: dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , Lagos is a major art gallery in , the largest city of . It is a permanent exhibition of the National Gallery of Art, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation.

Railway station
Photo: KINGSID100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lagos Terminus, also known as Lagos Iddo, has been the main railway station of the city of until 2021. The rail terminus is located on , nearby , near the Lagos mainland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mainland and Lagos Island.

Photo: Johnbrainyvisuals, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The refers to a vast region of Lagos which is on the African and not on islands. Lagos is the official name of a district which forms only a small part of the .

Photo: Jeremy Weate, CC BY 2.0.
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.

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.

Ijora

Latitude
6.4667° or 6° 28′ 0″ north
Longitude
3.3678° or 3° 22′ 4″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
6FR5F989+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501483931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2338361
Wiki­data ID
Q28401809
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In Other Languages

From French to Yoruba—“Ijora” goes by many names.
  • French: “Ijora”
  • Hausa: “Ijora, Lagos”
  • Igbo: “Ijora, Lagos”
  • Yoruba: “Ijora, Lagos”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Ijora”. Photo: Tijl Vercaemer, CC BY 2.5.