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Lagos State

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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lagos City and Ikeja.

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Lagos is the most populous city in , spreading out across two main islands and onto the mainland. It is the country's financial capital, and is famous throughout Africa for its music scene.

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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, is a well-planned, clean and quiet residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government Reservation Areas.

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, also known as Gbadagri, is a coastal town and local government area in Lagos State, . Being the second largest town in Lagos State, is surrounded by lakes, creeks or runlets and island, which makes beaches and resorts one of the major attractions of the ancient town.

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is a city in Lagos State, , bordered to the north by Ogun State and south by the Lagoon. It has a population of 989,000.

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is an Ijebu-Yoruba town and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria, located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. This location has always facilitated the development of a fishing industry, commerce, and agriculture.

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in is a nature reserve in Lagos, one of the most visited tourist attractions in Nigeria. It features a 401-metre-long canopy walkway, the longest in Africa.

is a town in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. You can get food items, shoes and clothing from market.
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Lagos State

Latitude of center
6.5377° or 6° 32′ 16″ north
Longitude of center
3.3522° or 3° 21′ 8″ east
Population
10,600,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2332453
Wiki­data ID
Q815913
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Lagos State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لاگوس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية لاغوس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية لاگوس”
  • Arabic: “ولايه لاغوس”
  • Armenian: “Լագոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laqos ştatı”
  • Basque: “Lagos Estatua”
  • Belarusian: “Лагас, штат”
  • Belarusian: “Лагас”
  • Belarusian: “штат Лагас”
  • Bengali: “লাগোস রাজ্য”
  • Bengali: “লেগোস”
  • Bislama: “Lagos State”
  • Bulgarian: “Лагос”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Lagos”
  • Cebuano: “Lagos State”
  • Central Kanuri: “Lagos”
  • Chinese: “Lagos Chiu”
  • Chinese: “拉各斯州”
  • Chinese: “拉哥斯州”
  • Czech: “Lagos (stát)”
  • Czech: “Lagos”
  • Danish: “Lagos”
  • Dutch: “Lagos”
  • Esperanto: “Lagosa Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Lagosa”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtato Lagoso”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Lagos”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Lagoso”
  • Estonian: “Lagos State”
  • Estonian: “Lagose osariik”
  • Finnish: “Lagos”
  • French: “Etat de Lagos”
  • French: “État de Lagos”
  • French: “Lagos”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Ikko”
  • Fulah: “Lagos”
  • Galician: “Estado de Lagos”
  • Georgian: “ლაგოსის შტატი”
  • German: “Lagos”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Awọnlin Tọn”
  • Hausa: “jahar Legas”
  • Hausa: “Jahar legas”
  • Hausa: “Lagos”
  • Hebrew: “לאגוס”
  • Hindi: “लेगोस राज्य”
  • Hungarian: “Lagos”
  • Igala: “Lagos State”
  • Igbo: “Lagos State”
  • Igbo: “Lagos”
  • Igbo: “Nkeji Ochíchííwu Lagos”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Lagos”
  • Inari Sami: “Lagos uásistaatâ”
  • Indonesian: “Lagos”
  • Irish: “Lagos”
  • Italian: “Lagos”
  • Japanese: “ラゴス州”
  • Japanese: “レゴス州”
  • Korean: “라고스주”
  • Latvian: “Lagosa”
  • Macedonian: “Лагос (сојузна држава)”
  • Macedonian: “Лагос”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lagos Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Lagos State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lagos (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lagos”
  • Northern Sami: “Lagos oassestáhta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lagos”
  • Norwegian: “Lagos”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Lagos State”
  • Obolo: “Legọs (Agan̄-mkpulu)”
  • Obolo: “Legọs”
  • Paiwan: “Lagos State”
  • Persian: “ایالت لاگوس”
  • Polish: “Lagos”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Lagos”
  • Portuguese: “Lagos”
  • Romanian: “Statul Lagos”
  • Russian: “Лагос”
  • Serbian: “Лагос”
  • Sindhi: “لاگوس رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ලාගෝස් ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව)”
  • Sinhala: “ලාගෝස් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Lagoozz vueʹssvaldia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لاقوس ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Lagos”
  • Spanish: “Lagos”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Lagos”
  • Swahili: “Lagos State”
  • Swahili: “Lagos”
  • Swedish: “Lagos”
  • Thai: “รัฐเลกอส”
  • Tumbuka: “Lagos State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Lagos Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Lagos”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Legwot”
  • Ukrainian: “Лагос”
  • Urdu: “لاگوس ریاست”
  • Venetian: “Łagos”
  • Venetian: “Ƚagos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lagos (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lagos”
  • Western Mari: “Лагос”
  • Yoruba: “Eko Akete”
  • Yoruba: “Èkó”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Eko”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Lagos”
  • Yoruba: “Lagos State”

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