South West Nigeria
Lagos State
Lagos City

Somolu

Somolu is a local government area in . It is located in Southwest , North of Lagos city, and its administrative headquarters is located on Durosimi Street.
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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
Photo: Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Photo: Sho photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Somolu

Latitude
6.5392° or 6° 32′ 21″ north
Longitude
3.379° or 3° 22′ 44″ east
Population
403,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6FR5G9QH+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501516175
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2322882
Wiki­data ID
Q280585
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Satellite Map

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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”

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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 Wikipedia page “Somolu”. Photo: Teecrystal, CC BY-SA 4.0.