Lagos Island

E63124
island locality

Lagos Island is the historic and commercial heart of Lagos, Nigeria, housing major markets, financial institutions, and key government and cultural landmarks.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lagos Island business district 1
Lagos Marina 1
Marina, Lagos 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
locality ⓘ
administrativeStatus Local Government Area headquarters ⓘ
connectedBy Carter Bridge ⓘ
Eko Bridge ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge ⓘ
contains Balogun Market ⓘ
Brazilian Quarters (Popo Aguda) ⓘ
Broad Street, Lagos ⓘ
Campos Square ⓘ
Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina ⓘ
Central Bank of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Central Bank of Nigeria Lagos office

First Bank of Nigeria headquarters ⓘ
Freedom Park Lagos ⓘ
Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos ⓘ
Idumagbo neighborhood ⓘ
Idumota Market ⓘ
Isale Eko neighborhood ⓘ
Lafiaji neighborhood ⓘ
Lagos Central Business District ⓘ
Lagos City Hall ⓘ
Lagos High Court (Igbosere historic site) ⓘ
Lagos Island East LCDA Secretariat ⓘ
Lagos Island Local Government Area ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Island LGA Secretariat

Lagos Island Local Government Area ⓘ
Lagos Island West LCDA Secretariat ⓘ
Lagos Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Marina

Mandilas Market ⓘ
Marina axis business district ⓘ
National Museum Lagos ⓘ
surface form: National Museum Lagos vicinity (Onikan axis)

Nigerian Stock Exchange building ⓘ
Oba of Lagos Palace ⓘ
Onikan Stadium ⓘ
Onikan neighborhood ⓘ
Tafawa Balewa Square ⓘ
Tinubu Square ⓘ
Union Bank of Nigeria headquarters ⓘ
United Bank for Africa headquarters (historic site) ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicMajority Yoruba people ⓘ
governingBody Lagos Island Local Government Area ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Island Local Government Council
hasFeature dense traditional urban fabric ⓘ
high concentration of financial institutions ⓘ
historic architecture from colonial era ⓘ
major wholesale and retail markets ⓘ
mixed commercial and residential land use ⓘ
historicalRole colonial administrative center of Lagos Colony ⓘ
early commercial hub during British colonial period ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Lagos ⓘ
Lagos State ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Nigeria
locatedInBodyOfWater Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
partOf Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Mainland and Island urban agglomeration

Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Metropolitan Area
role commercial center of Lagos ⓘ
historic center of Lagos ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
traditionalSubgroup Ijebu people ⓘ
surface form: Eko (Lagos) people
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Tafawa Balewa Square → adjacentTo → Lagos Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marina, Lagos
Victoria Island → adjacentTo → Lagos Island ⓘ
Eyo Festival → associatedWith → Lagos Island ⓘ
Ikorodu → connectedTo → Lagos Island ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge → connects → Lagos Island ⓘ
Lagos Island → contains → Lagos Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos Marina
Lagos → hasIsland → Lagos Island ⓘ
Lagos State → hasIsland → Lagos Island ⓘ
Epe → locatedEastOf → Lagos Island ⓘ
Tafawa Balewa Square → locatedIn → Lagos Island ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge → near → Lagos Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos Island business district