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
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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.

Commercial area
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The is an Information and Communications Technology accessories market located in a community called Otigba, located at Ikeja, the capital of , southwestern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agege and Ogba.

Photo: Dolapo Falola, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Ikeja. is a Local Government area in .

is in , . It is north of Ikeja, a densely populated area with a mix of housing for high- and low-income earners.

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

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 Amharic to Yoruba—“Ikeja” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኢከጃ”
  • Arabic: “إيكيجا”
  • Asturian: “Ikeja”
  • Azerbaijani: “İkeca”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ikeja”
  • Belarusian: “Ікэджа”
  • Bengali: “ইকেজা”
  • 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”
  • Croatian: “Ikeja”
  • Dagbani: “Ikeja”
  • Dutch: “Ikeja”
  • Esperanto: “Ikeja”
  • Finnish: “Ikeja”
  • French: “Ikeja”
  • German: “Ikeja”
  • Gun: “Ikeja”
  • Hausa: “Ikeja”
  • Hindi: “इकेजा”
  • Igbo: “Ikeja”
  • Indonesian: “Ikeja”
  • Italian: “Ikeja”
  • Japanese: “イケジャ”
  • Javanese: “Ikeja”
  • Kazakh: “Икеджа”
  • Kirghiz: “Икеджа”
  • Korean: “이케자”
  • Malagasy: “Ikeja”
  • Malay: “Ikeja”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ikeja”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ikeja”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ikeja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ikeja”
  • Norwegian: “Ikeja”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Ikeja”
  • Oromo: “Ikeja”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਕੇਜਾ”
  • Persian: “اکجا”
  • Persian: “ایکجا”
  • Polish: “Ikeja”
  • Portuguese: “Ikeja”
  • Pushto: “اکیجا”
  • Romanian: “Ikeja”
  • Russian: “Икеджа”
  • Slovenian: “Ikeja”
  • Somali: “Ikeja”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایکجا”
  • Spanish: “Ikeja”
  • Swahili: “Ikeja”
  • Swedish: “Ikeja”
  • Tajik: “Икеджа”
  • Tatar: “Икеджа”
  • Turkish: “Ikeja”
  • Tyap: “Ikeja”
  • Ukrainian: “Ікеджа”
  • Urdu: “اکیجا”
  • Uzbek: “Ikeja”
  • Yoruba: “Ikeja”

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