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{{Infobox Settlement
|official_name = Lagos
|image_skyline = lagosNg222.jpg
|imagesize     = 300px
|native_name= Èkó
|nickname=
|image_flag = Lagos_Flag.PNG
|image_caption = 
|image_seal =Lagos_Seal.png| 100 px
|image_map = Map of the Local Government Areas of Lagos.png
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Map of Lagos Metropolis
|pushpin_map=Nigeria
|pushpin_mapsize=300
|pushpin_map_caption   = Ibudo Eko ni Naijiria
|subdivision_type       = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Nigeria}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Lagos State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|LGA]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Lagos Island]]
|leader=[[Babatunde Raji Fashola]]
|area_footnotes   = <ref name=Metropolitan_Lagos_land_area>Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agége, Ajéròmí-Ìfélódùn, Àlímòshọ́, Àmùwó-Ọ̀dọ̀fin, Àpápá, Etí-Ọ̀sà, Ìfàkò-Ìjàìyè, Ìkejà, Kòsòfẹ́, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ọ̀jọ́, Oshòdì-Ìsolò, Shómólú, Surulérè) as per:<br />{{cite web| url=http://www.nigeriacongress.org/FGN/administrative/statedetails.asp?state=lagos| title=Administrative Levels - Lagos State| author=The Nigeria Congress| accessdate=2007-06-29| archive-date=2004-03-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040312161200/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/FGN/administrative/statedetails.asp?state=lagos| dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 
|area_total_sq_mi = 
|area_urban_km2 = 999.6
|population_as_of = 2006 census, <small>preliminary</small>
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=Metropolitan_Lagos_population>Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agége, Ajéròmí-Ìfélódùn, Àlímòshọ́, Àmùwó-Ọ̀dọ̀fin, Àpápá, Etí-Ọ̀sà, Ìfàkò-Ìjàìyè, Ìkejà, Kòsòfẹ́, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per:<br />{{cite web| url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/Connections/Pop2006.pdf| title=Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census| author=Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette| date=15 May 2007| format=PDF| accessdate=2007-06-29| archive-date=2007-07-04| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704042011/http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/Connections/Pop2006.pdf| dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|population_total = 
|population_density_km2 = 7,941
|population_density_sq_mi = 20,569.9
|population_urban  = 7,937,932
|population_density_urban_km2= 
|population_density_urban_sq_mi= 
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset = +1 
|latd= 6|latm= 27|lats=11|latNS=N 
|longd= 3|longm= 23|longs=45|longEW=E 
|latitude =   
|longitude =            
|website = http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/
|footnotes = 
}} <!-- Infobox ends !-->
'''Èkó''' (tàbí '''Lagos''' ní èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|ɡ|ɒ|s}}, US also {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɑː|ɡ|oʊ|s}};<ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref> {{Lang-yo|Èkó}}) ni [[city|ìlú]] tó ní èrò tó pọ̀ jùlọ ní orílẹ̀-èdè  [[Nàìjíríà]] àti ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ [[Áfríkà]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/opinion/what-makes-lagos-a-model-city.html?_r=0 |title= What Makes Lagos a Model City |newspaper=New York Times |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=16 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="John Campbell">{{cite news |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/this-is-africas-new-biggest-city-lagos-nigeria-population-25-million/259611/ |title= This Is Africa's New Biggest City: Lagos, Nigeria, Population 21 Million |author=John Campbell |date=10 July 2012 |work=The Atlantic |location= Washington DC |accessdate= 23 September 2012}}</ref> Èkó jẹ́ [[financial centre|ilé-ajé]] pàtàkì ní gbogbo Áfríkà àti oríta okòwò ní [[Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó]]. Èkó gẹ́gẹ́bí [[megacity|ìlú-nínlá]] ni ó ní GDP kẹrin tó pọ̀ jùlọ ní Áfríkà,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/richest-cities-in-africa|title=These cities are the hubs of Africa’s economic boom|date=2018-10-04|website=Big Think|language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref><ref name="metropolitan Lagos"/> ibẹ̀ sì ni [[Apapa|èbúté ọkọ̀-ojúomi tó tóbi jùlọ àti tó láápọn jùlọ]] ní ilẹ̀ Áfríkà.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://businesstech.co.za/news/general/81995/africas-biggest-shipping-ports/ |title= Africa's biggest shipping ports |publisher= Businesstech |date=8 March 2015 |accessdate= 26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E-VwMKQlGjIC |title=Africa, Volume 1 of Cities of the World: a compilation of current information on cultural, geographical, and political conditions in the countries and cities of six continents, based on the Department of State's "post reports" |author1=Brian Rajewski |publisher=Gale Research International, Limited |year=1998 |isbn= 978-0-810-3769-22}}</ref><ref name=global>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Lzt7BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA315&dq= |page=315 |title= Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development and Displacement |author1=Loretta Lees |author2= Hyun Bang Shin |author3= Ernesto López Morales |publisher=Policy Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-447-3134-89}}</ref> Èkó ni ìkan láàrin àwọn ìlú tí ó ń ní ìgbèdàgbà kíákíá jùlọ ní àgbáyé.{{refn|Sources: <ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tk5TP7bsXnkC&pg=PA202&dq= |title=African Cities Driving the NEPAD Initiative |agency= UN-HABITAT |year=2006 |isbn= 978-9-211318159 |page=202}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sMnj88kYVmcC&pg=PT60&dq= |title=Key Concepts in Creative Industries |page=47 |author1= John Hartley |author2=Jason Potts |author3=Terry Flew|author4= Stuart Cunningham |author5= Michael Keane|author6= John Banks |publisher= SAGE |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-446-2028-90}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wQJb1QpZz_4C&pg=PA118&dq= |title=Cultures and Globalization: Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance |page=118 |author1=Helmut K Anheier |author2=Yudhishthir Raj Isar |publisher= SAGE |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-446-2585-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oy-de29AtvYC&pg=PA163 |title=Hidden Innovation: Policy, Industry and the Creative Sector (Creative Economy and Innovation Culture Se Series) |author=Stuart Cunningham |publisher= Univ. of Queensland Press |page=163 |year=2013 |isbn= 978-0-702-2509-89}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ_ZLuqZT54C&pg=PA71&dq= |title=Cities and Nature |page=7 |publisher=Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City |author1= Lisa Benton-Short|authorlink2=John Rennie Short |author2=John Rennie Short |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-134252749}}</ref><ref name=afropolis>{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9lcn62brtGQC&pg=PA18&dq=|title=Afropolis: City Media Art |author1=Kerstin Pinther |author2=Larissa Förster |author3=Christian Hanussek|publisher=Jacana Media |year=2012 |page=18|isbn=978-1-431-4032-57}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8JPIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA66&dq= |title=The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa Estuaries of the World |author1=Salif Diop |author2= Jean-Paul Barusseau |page=66 |author3=Cyr Descamps |publisher=Springer |year=2014 |isbn=978-3-319-0638-81}}</ref>}} 

Èkó ní orúkọ tí àwọn Yorùbá ń pè ìlú erékùsù tí ó ti di olú ìlú àti ibùjókòó ìjoba gbogbo-gbòò fún ilè [[Nàìjíríà]] ní ojó òní. Ìlú Yorùbá ni, ṣùgbọ́n orúkọ tí àwọn ènìyàn àgbáyé fi ń pè é ni èyí ti àwọn Òyìnbó Potogi tí ó kọ́ bẹ etíkun ilẹ̀ Yorùbá wò fún un. Orúkọ náà ni “Lagos”, èyí tí ìtumọ̀ rẹ̀ jásí “adágún” tàbí “ọ̀sà”, nítorí pé ọ̀sà ni ó yí ìlú náà ká...

Àwọn Ẹ̀yà Yorùbá ti Àwórì ni ó kọ́kọ́ tẹ̀dó si agbègbè Ìlú Èkó, lábé ìṣàkóso àti Ìtọ̀nà olórí wọn, Ọlọ́fin, àwọn Àwórì kọ́kọ́ tẹ̀dó sí erékùsù Ìddó, Lẹ́yìn ìgbà náà ni wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ní wọnú àwọn agbègbè yókù Èkó láti tẹ̀dó. Ní séńtúrì karùndínlógún {15th Century}, Ìlú Èkó, bọ́ sí abẹ́ ìṣàkóso Ìjọba Benin. Ìgbà náà ni àwọn Ológun Ìlú náà sọ agbègbè ìlú náà ní ''Èkó'', eléyìí, tí ó túmò sí [Ibi tí àwọn Ológun tí ń simi} Ní èdè Edo/Benin. Gbogbo eléyìí ṣẹlẹ̀ lábẹ́ olórí àwọn Benin ní ìgbà náà Ọba Ọ̀rọ̀gbà. Léyìn tí èyí ṣẹlẹ̀, ni Ìjọba Benin fi Baálẹ̀ jẹ́ oyè, láti máà M'ójútó/Ṣe Àkóso, àti Gbígba Ìṣákọ́lè {Tribute} ìlú náà bíi agbègbè lábé-fé Ìjọba ńlá ti Benin. Ọba Yorùbá àkọ́kọ́ tí ó jẹ ní Ìlú Èkó ni Ọba Aṣípa. Ní ọdun-ún 1472, àwọn Òyìnbó Pọ́tókì{Portuguese} dé sí ilẹ̀ Èkó, àwọn Pọ́tókì náà ní Òyìnbó àkọ́kọ́ , tí ó máa  dé Ilẹ̀-Èkó Erékùsù láti Orílè-ẹ̀dẹ̀ Europe ní ìgbà náà.

==Àwòrán==
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Cms ROAD, Lagos.jpg
Church of the Assumption, Falomo.jpg
Cathedral Church of Christ, CMS, Lagos.jpg
Civic Towers, Ozumba Nbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos.jpg
Aerial view of CMS, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria.jpg
Aerial view of Marina, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria.jpg
Cathedral Church CMS, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria.jpg
Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Marina, Lagos Island.jpg
Lagos Cathedral, Marina, Lagos Island.jpg
Marina Bus Stop, Lagos Island.jpg
Nigerian Ports Authority, Marina, Lagos Island.jpg
Cms, Motor Park.jpg
Cms ROAD, Lagos.jpg
Cms Bus Park route to marina, lagos, nigeria 09.jpg
Civic Towers, Ozumba Nbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos.jpg
Church of the Assumption, Falomo.jpg
1004 building, lekki road, Lagos, Nigeria.jpg
Marina, Lagos Island .jpg

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== Ìtọ́kasí ==
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* J.F. Odunjo (1969), ÌLÚ ÈKÓ ATI ÌJÈBÚ, Isẹ́ Àtúnyèwò ẹ̀kọ́ nipa ọ̀rọ̀ gbígbàsọ Ojú-ìwé 49-54, Èkó Ìjìnlẹ̀ Yorùbá Alawiye, Fún Àwọn Ilé Ẹ̀kó Gíga, Apá Kejì, Longmans of Nigeria.

==Ìtọ́kasí Àrè==
* [http://www.business-travel-nigeria.com/lagos-nigeria-hotels.html Àwọn Ilé ìsimi tówà Leko(Lagos Hotels).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001112202/http://www.business-travel-nigeria.com/lagos-nigeria-hotels.html |date=2011-10-01 }}


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