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  Encyclopedia: Lagos (Nigeria)
Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and, with its population of 13.4 million (2000), one of the largest in Africa (second only to Cairo, Egypt).
Lagos is built on the mainland and the series of islands surrounding Lagos Lagoon.
Lagos was incorporated into the colony of Nigeria in 1900.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lagos-(Nigeria)   (300 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Lagos, city, Nigeria (Nigeria Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
1,274,000), SW Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea.
Lagos is Nigeria's largest city, its administrative and economic center, and its chief port.
In 1906, Lagos was joined with the British protectorate of Southern Nigeria, and, in 1914, when Southern and Northern Nigeria were amalgamated, it became part of the small coastal Colony of Nigeria.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LagosNig.html   (344 words)

  
 RAPTORS: Hakeem Encyclopedia L-M
Until 1975 it was the capital of Lagos State, and until December 1991 it was the federal capital of Nigeria.
Lagos State - The team that represents the state of Lagos in the Nigerian national tournaments.
Hakeem led Lagos State to the gold medal in team handball and basketball at the National Sports Festival at the University of Ibadan in 1978.
www.nba.com /raptors/news/hakeem_encyclopediaLM.html   (609 words)

  
 Lagos on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lagos finds scoring touch - Two goals spark Mutiny.
Workers in Lagos pour concrete for a sidewalk for a four lane highway that will replace a two lane road.
Ebute Metta is the stitled city on the edge of Lagos.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LagosN1ig.asp   (873 words)

  
 History of the 1973 Lagos Nigeria African Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A military coup disrupted the plans and the organizers moved the games to Lagos, Nigeria to be held in 1971.
A torch was lit in Brazzaville a week before the games and transported to Lagos as a symbol of the continuity of the games.
African nations continued to put pressure on South Africa which was not invited to participate due to their apartheid policies.
www.internationalgames.net /1973AfrG.htm   (197 words)

  
 Lagos, city, Nigeria
Profile: Lagos, Nigeria, is an example of what happens when a city's infrastructure crumbles from too many residents (Morning Edition (NPR))
With jobs scarce most resident survive by seling whatever they can wherever they can.
Cheap and ubiquitous, market foods feed the city.
www.infoplease.com /id/A0828603   (477 words)

  
 Lagos Post
MONROVIA, Liberia -- With U.N. tanks and troops standing guard, Liberians waited in long lines Tuesday to vote for the country's first postwar presiden...
Nigeria presses for increase of UN troops in restive Ivory C
Nigeria to achieve single exchange rate next year
www.lagostalk.com   (439 words)

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