South West Nigeria
Lagos State
Lagos City

Ikeja

Ikeja is the capital of Lagos state in . Its population in 2022 was about 470,000. Before the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja is a well-planned, clean and quiet residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government Reservation Areas.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and Ikeja Bus Terminal.

Hospital
Photo: Theindigochxld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
popularly known as LASUTH is a state-owned teaching hospital in , , attached to the Lagos State University.

Bus station
is located at Ikeja, the capital city of . The bus terminal is located on the road to the local airport behind the present railway line in the city, and adjacent the state teaching hospital, ikeja general post office, all in the neighbourhood.

School
is a government-approved co-educational British curriculum school located in the GRA part of Ikeja in . Founded in 1989, the school focuses on the "promotion of moral and ethical values" with the view of "developing interpersonal and leadership skills" of her students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oshodi and Ketu.

is a town in , and was popular for its market which was one of the biggest market in Lagos until its demolition in 2016.

is a city in , . It is close to Mile 12. The place has a branch of Foursquare Gospel Church. Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area is one of the fifty-seven local government areas of Lagos State, Nigeria.

Ikeja

Latitude
6.5975° or 6° 35′ 51″ north
Longitude
3.3433° or 3° 20′ 36″ east
Population
861,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NG IKE
Open location code
6FR5H8WV+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501540907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2338313
Wiki­data ID
Q1024647
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yoruba—“Ikeja” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ikeja”
  • Azerbaijani: “İkeca”
  • Catalan: “Ikeja”
  • Cebuano: “Ikeja (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Ikeja (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Ikeja”
  • Chinese: “Ikeja”
  • Chinese: “伊凯贾”
  • Chinese: “伊凱賈”
  • Chinese: “伊基贾”
  • Dutch: “Ikeja”
  • Esperanto: “Ikeja”
  • Finnish: “Ikeja”
  • French: “Ikeja”
  • German: “Ikeja”
  • Gun: “Ikeja”
  • Hausa: “Ikeja”
  • Igbo: “Ikeja”
  • Italian: “Ikeja”
  • Japanese: “イケジャ”
  • Korean: “이케자”
  • Malagasy: “Ikeja”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ikeja”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ikeja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ikeja”
  • Norwegian: “Ikeja”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Ikeja”
  • Persian: “ایکجا”
  • Polish: “Ikeja”
  • Portuguese: “Ikeja”
  • Romanian: “Ikeja”
  • Russian: “Икеджа”
  • Slovenian: “Ikeja”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایکجا”
  • Spanish: “Ikeja”
  • Swedish: “Ikeja”
  • Tyap: “Ikeja”
  • Ukrainian: “Ікеджа”
  • Urdu: “اکیجا”
  • Yoruba: “Ikeja”

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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 “Ikeja”. Photo: T. Obi, CC BY 2.0.