Lagos Island

Lagos Island 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tinubu Square and Lagos Central Mosque.

Park
, formerly Independence Square, is an open space landmark located in Broad Street, Lagos Island, , named after the Yoruba slave trader, merchant, and aristocrat Madam Efunroye Tinubu.

Mosque
is an important jum'at mosque in Lagos Island and home of the Chief Imam of . It is located along the busy Nnamdi Azikiwe Street.

Church
The Marina, Lagos is an Anglican cathedral on Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 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 of today, which is now an industrial estate.

Lagos Island

Latitude
6.46113° or 6° 27′ 40″ north
Longitude
3.39037° or 3° 23′ 25″ east
Population
209,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
6FR5F96R+F4
Geo­Names ID
9485476
Wiki­data ID
Q605583
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Lagos Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة جزيرة لاغوس
  • Arabic: جزيرة لاغوس
  • Catalan: Illa de Lagos
  • Cebuano: Lagos Island Local Government Area
  • Chinese: Lagos Island
  • Chinese: 拉各斯岛
  • Dutch: Lagos Island
  • Esperanto: Lagosa Insulo
  • French: île de Lagos
  • French: Île Lagos
  • German: Lagos Island
  • Gun: Lopo Awọnlin Tọn
  • Hausa: Lagos Island
  • Hausa: LGA
  • Hausa: Tsibirin Lagos
  • Hebrew: אי לאגוס
  • Igbo: Lagos Island
  • Italian: Lagos Island
  • Japanese: ラゴス島
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lagos Island
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Lagos
  • Portuguese: Lagos
  • Russian: Остров Лагос
  • Spanish: Isla de Lagos
  • Tatar: Лагос утравы
  • Urdu: لاگوس آئی لینڈ
  • Yoruba: Erékùṣù Èkó
  • Yoruba: Lagos Island

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