South West Nigeria
Lagos State
Lagos City

Surulere

Surulere is a local government area located on the mainland 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 192,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Sufu-Lere”, “Suru-Lere”, and “Surulere, LGA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium and Teslim Balogun Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: S.aderogba, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lagos is a multi-purpose stadium in Surulere, Lagos State, . It comprises an Olympic-size swimming arena and a multipurpose arena used for athletics, rugby union, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, wrestling and boxing matches.

Stadium
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The is a multi-use in Surulere, , . It is used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of First Bank FC.

Shopping center
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is an ultramodern market located along the Ojuelegba-Itire Road in , , Nigeria. The market is divided into two phases.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ojuelegba and Yaba.

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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.

Photo: T. Obi, CC BY 2.0.
is a popular city district in the Lagos mainland area of . has a lot of federal government institutions located in its vicinity as it houses the Queens College, a federal girls-only school, and the University of Lagos, a federal University, amongst others.

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The refers to a vast region of Lagos which is on the African and not on islands. Lagos is the official name of a district which forms only a small part of the .

Surulere

Latitude
6.5025° or 6° 30′ 9″ north
Longitude
3.359° or 3° 21′ 33″ east
Population
192,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
QSL
United Nations Location Code
NG QSL
Open location code
6FR5G925+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501527946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2322733
Wiki­data ID
Q994119
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Surulere” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوروليري”
  • Cebuano: “Surulere (distrito sa Lagos State)”
  • Cebuano: “Surulere”
  • Chinese: “Surulere”
  • Chinese: “苏鲁莱雷”
  • Dutch: “Surulere”
  • Esperanto: “Surulere”
  • French: “Surulere”
  • German: “Surulere”
  • Gun: “Surulere”
  • Hausa: “LGA”
  • Hausa: “Surulere”
  • Igbo: “Surulere, LGA”
  • Igbo: “Surulere”
  • Italian: “Surulere”
  • Japanese: “スルレレ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Surulere”
  • Portuguese: “Surulere”
  • Spanish: “Surulere”
  • Tsonga: “Surulere”
  • Yoruba: “Surulere”
  • Yoruba: “Súrùlérè”

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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 “Surulere”. Photo: S.aderogba, CC BY-SA 4.0.