Lagos

E10118

city megacity state capital

Lagos is a major coastal megacity in southwestern Nigeria, known as the country’s economic hub and one of Africa’s most populous and vibrant urban centers.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Lagos canonical	253
Lagos, Nigeria	23
Lagos metropolitan area	14
Lagos metropolis	12
Lagos Metropolitan Area	4
Lagos State	3
42 Lagos	1
Africa/Lagos	1
Badagry	1
Idi-Araba, Lagos	1
Lagos Harbour	1
Lagos Mainland	1
Lagos Mainland and Island urban agglomeration	1
Lagos city	1
Lagos city region	1
Lekki	1
Port of Lagos	1
Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria	1
Yaba	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ megacity ⓘ state capital ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lagos State
capitalOf	Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lagos State
climateClassification	Aw (Köppen) ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage	Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
currency	Nigerian naira ⓘ
drivingSide	right ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Nigeria ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasDistrict	Ajah ⓘ Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Badagry Epe ⓘ Ikeja ⓘ Ikorodu ⓘ Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lekki Surulere ⓘ Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yaba
hasInternationalAirport	Murtala Muhammed International Airport ⓘ
hasIsland	Lagos Island ⓘ Victoria Island ⓘ
hasLandmark	Eko Atlantic (reclaimed land project) ⓘ Lekki Conservation Centre ⓘ National Theatre Lagos ⓘ Tafawa Balewa Square ⓘ Third Mainland Bridge ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Lagos
hasSeaport	Apapa Port ⓘ Tin Can Island Port ⓘ
isCoastalCity	true ⓘ
isEconomicHubOf	Nigeria ⓘ
isFinancialCenterOf	Nigeria ⓘ
isOneOfMostPopulousCitiesIn	Africa ⓘ
knownFor	film industry (Nollywood) ⓘ large informal economy ⓘ music scene ⓘ vibrant nightlife ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
populationRankInAfrica	among largest ⓘ
region	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Yorubaland
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (322)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigeria → largestCity → Lagos ⓘ

Nigeria → containsCity → Lagos ⓘ

A22 motorway → serves → Lagos ⓘ

A22 motorway → terminusWest → Lagos ⓘ

Lagos → capitalOf → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos State

Lagos → administrativeDivision → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos State

Lagos → hasMajorPort → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Lagos

Lagos → hasDistrict → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lekki

Lagos → hasDistrict → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yaba

Lagos → hasDistrict → Lagos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Badagry

Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos State

Bola Tinubu → placeOfBirth → Lagos ⓘ

Bola Tinubu → residence → Lagos ⓘ

Nollywood → notableCity → Lagos ⓘ

Tunes → connectsTo → Lagos ⓘ

West Africa → hasMajorCity → Lagos ⓘ

Royal Air Maroc → servesCity → Lagos ⓘ

Whitney Young → placeOfDeath → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos, Nigeria

Western Nigeria → includesCity → Lagos ⓘ

Western Nigeria → hasPortCity → Lagos ⓘ

N125 road → connects → Lagos ⓘ

D'banj → residence → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos, Nigeria

West Africa Time (WAT) → IANA_timeZoneExample → Lagos ⓘ

subject surface form: West Africa Time

this entity surface form: Africa/Lagos

Captain America: Civil War → featuresLocation → Lagos ⓘ

Ricardo Lagos → familyName → Lagos ⓘ

Apapa Port → locatedIn → Lagos ⓘ

Apapa Port → locatedOnWaterbody → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos Harbour

Apapa Port → cityServed → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos metropolitan area

Tafawa Balewa Square → locatedIn → Lagos ⓘ

Tafawa Balewa Square → city → Lagos ⓘ

Urhobo people → diaspora → Lagos ⓘ

Ijebu-Ode → hasRoadConnectionTo → Lagos ⓘ

Ijebu-Ode → nearestMajorCity → Lagos ⓘ

Eyo Festival → location → Lagos ⓘ

Eyo Festival → city → Lagos ⓘ

Tin Can Island Port → locatedIn → Lagos ⓘ

Tin Can Island Port → cityServed → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos metropolitan area

A22 → servesCity → Lagos ⓘ

Murtala Muhammed International Airport → servesCity → Lagos ⓘ

Murtala Muhammed International Airport → locatedInCity → Lagos ⓘ

Murtala Muhammed International Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos metropolitan area

Ajah → city → Lagos ⓘ

Ajah → partOf → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos metropolitan area

Ikorodu → isSuburbanAreaOf → Lagos ⓘ

Third Mainland Bridge → locatedIn → Lagos ⓘ

Third Mainland Bridge → connects → Lagos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagos Mainland

Third Mainland Bridge → cityServed → Lagos ⓘ

National Theatre Lagos → locatedIn → Lagos ⓘ