Somolu

Somolu is a neighbourhood in and a local government area in . Its administrative headquarters is located on Durosimi Street. Somolu Local Government is part of the Lagos East Senatorial Zone and a lawmaker represents the district at the Federal House of Representatives.
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  • Type: Suburb with 403,000 residents
  • Description: local government area of Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Shomolu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Orthopaedic Hospital and Gbagada General Hospital.

Hospital
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The , Igbobi, Lagos, is a hospital in , . It is colloquially referred to simply as "Igbobi" or "Igbobi hospital". In 2019, the hospital partnered with SIGN Fracture Care International, US to tackle limb deformity.

Hospital
is a in , Nigeria.

School
The in , a suburb of in , is the oldest secondary school in , founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ojuelegba and Kosofe.

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is in Lagos. is a suburb in Surulere local government area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria. The town is known for its crowded setting as depicted in Fela's 1975 Confusion album, is regarded as one of the busiest places in Lagos.

is in . Commerce is an important part of the economy of LGA, and there are many markets in the region, including the Vinukonu and Ojota markets.

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is a city and local government area located on the in , Nigeria. It has an area of 23 km2. At the 2006 census, there were 503,975 inhabitants, with a population density of 21,864 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Somolu

Latitude
6.5384° or 6° 32′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.3719° or 3° 22′ 19″ east
Population
403,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6FR5G9QC+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501516175
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2322882
Wiki­data ID
Q280585
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Somolu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shomolu”
  • Chinese: “Shomolu”
  • Chinese: “绍莫卢”
  • Esperanto: “Somolu”
  • French: “Shomolu”
  • French: “Somolu”
  • German: “Shomolu”
  • Hausa: “Somolu”
  • Igbo: “Somolu”
  • Italian: “Shomolu”
  • Japanese: “ソモル”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shomolu”
  • Portuguese: “Somolu”
  • Spanish: “Shomolu”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Shomolu”
  • “Shomolu”

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