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Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó jẹ́ ìpínlẹ̀ kan ní gúúsù ìwọ̀-oòrùn [[:en:Nigeria|Nàìjíríài]]. láàárin àwọn ìpńilẹ̀ mẹ́rìndìnlógójì náà, ó pọ̀ níye ó sì kéré ní ààyè. Ó sopọ̀ mọ́ gúúsù nípasẹ̀ àwọn [[:en:Bight_of_Benin|ìgbèríko Benin]] àti sí ìwọ̀-oòrùn nípasẹ̀ ààlà òkèèrè pẹ̀lu [[:en:Benin_Republic|Ìlu Benin]], Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó ń pín àwọn ààlà pẹ̀lú Ìpínlẹ̀ Ogun sí ìlà-oòrùn àti àríwá ní èyí tí ó mu jé ìpńilẹ̀ kan ṣoṣo ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà tí ó pín ààlà pẹ̀lú ìpínlẹ̀ kan péré. Orúkọ fún ìlú Èkó — Ìlú tí ó pọ̀ jùlọ ní ilẹ̀ adúláwọ̀ — wọ́n dá ìpńilẹ̀ìpínlẹ̀ náà látara agbègbè Ìwọ̀ Oòrùn tí ó sì jẹ́ olú-ìlú tẹ́lèrí ní ọjọ́ kẹ́tadínlọ́gbọ̀n oṣù karùn-ún, ọdún 1967.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Onyeakagbu|first1=Adaobi|title=See how all the 36 Nigerian states got their names|url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/see-how-all-the-36-nigerian-states-got-their-names/g8bkn2c|website=Pulse.ng|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Creation">{{cite web|title=This is how the 36 states were created|url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/nigerian-states-this-is-how-the-36-states-were-created/mdtnq3e|website=Pulse.ng|date=24 October 2017|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
Gégẹ́ bí ìtọ́ka agbègbè, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó jé ilẹ̀ omi tí ìdá-mẹ́rin rẹ̀ dín ní díẹ̀ kúnfún òṣà, itọ́ àti àwọn odò.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos {{!}} Nigeria Education|url=http://nigeria-education.org/states/lagos|website=nigeria-education.org|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> Èyí tí ó fẹ̀ jù nínú àwọn omi wọ̀nyí ni ọ̀sà Èkó àti [[:en:Lekki_Lagoon|Lekki]] lagoonsnínú inìpínlẹ̀ thenáà state'spẹ̀lú interior with theodò [[:en:Ogun_River|Ogun]] andàti [[:en:Osun_river|Osun]] riverstí flowingó intoń them.sàn Manywọnú other rivers and creeks flow throughout the state and serve as vital means of transportation for people and goodswọn. OnÀwọn land,omi non-urbanizedyòó areaskù arejẹ́ withinitọ́ the [[:en:Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests|tropical]]tí [[:en:Nigerian_lowland_forests|Nigerianó lowlandń forests]]sàn [[:en:List_of_ecoregions_in_Nigeria|ecoregion]]kiri withìpínlẹ̀ naturalnáà areastí containingwọ́n threatenedsì populationsjẹ́ ofọ̀nà [[:en:Mona_monkey|monaìrìnàjò monkey]],pàtàkì [[:en:Tree_pangolin|treefún pangolin]],àwọn andèèyàn [[:en:Hooded_vulture|hoodedàti vulture]]àwọn along with a transitory population of [[:en:African_bush_elephant|African bush elephants]]ọjà.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Talabi|first1=Kolawole|title=Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/can-public-private-partnerships-preserve-the-dwindling-biodiversity-of-lagos/|website=[[Mongabay]]|date=5 July 2016|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Excellence|first1=Akeredolu O.|last2=Routh|first2=Andrew|last3=Temitope|first3=Odeniyi|title=Trade and the decline of the African tree pangolin in Lagos StateOffshore, Nigeria|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323676612|access-date=2ìpínlẹ̀ January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Owolabi|first1=Bibitayo Ayobami|last2=Odewumi|first2=Sunday Olayinka|last3=Agbelusi|first3=Ebenezer Abayomi|title=Perceptions on population decline and ethno-cultural knowledge of Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in southwest States of Nigeria.|journal=Vulture News|year=2021|volume=78|pages=11–19|doi=10.4314/vulnew.v78i1.2|s2cid=233966006|url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/vulnew/article/view/203764|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Saveyìí Nigeria'sbákan largestnáà herdṣàkónú ofàwọn elephantsonírúnrú fromohun extinction'ọ̀gbìn, groupẹranko urgesàti Lagos, Ogun state|url=https://guardian.ng/property/environment/save-nigerias-largest-herd-of-elephants-from-extinction-group-urges-lagos-ogun-state/|website=The Guardian|date=14 December 2021|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> Offshore, the state is also biodiverse asẹranmi theregẹ́gẹ́ arebí largeẹjá fishṣe populationswà alongnáà withni [[:en:African_manatee|Africanàwọn manateesẹranmi ilẹ̀ adúláwọ̀]] andàti àwọn [[:en:Crocodile|crocodilesọ̀ọ̀nì]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Amao|first1=J. O.|last2=Oluwatayo|first2=I. B.|last3=Osuntope|first3=F. K.|title=Economics of Fish Demands in Lagos State, Nigeria|journal=Journal of Human Ecology|date=24 Oct 2017|volume=19|issue=1|pages=25–30|doi=10.1080/09709274.2006.11905853|s2cid=73599147|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09709274.2006.11905853?journalCode=rhue20|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Olufowobi|first1=Sesan|title=Sea cow rescued in Lagos|url=https://punchng.com/sea-cow-rescued-in-lagos/|website=[[The Punch]]|date=10 September 2018|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó ti jé ibùgbé fún ọdún tó ti pẹ́ nípasẹ̀ àwon ọ̀wọ́ onírúnrú ẹ̀yà onílùú, nípàtàkì awọn [[:en:Yoruba_people|ọmọ Yoruba]] ni wọ́n ń gbé káàkiri ìpínlẹ̀ náà àmọ́ àwọn èèyan [[:en:Ewe_people|Ewe]] àti [[:en:Ogu_people|Ogu]] náà ń gbé ibi tí o nasẹ̀ lápá ìwọ̀ oòrùn.
Lagos State has been inhabited for years by various indigenous ethnic groups, primarily the majority [[:en:Yoruba_people|Yoruba people]] that live throughout the state but also the [[:en:Ewe_people|Ewe]] and [[:en:Ogu_people|Ogu]] peoples in the far west. As a result of migration since the nineteenth century, Lagos State also has large populations of non-native Nigerian ethnic groups with [[:en:Edo_people|Edo]], [[:en:Fula_people|Fulani]], [[:en:Hausa_people|Hausa]], [[:en:Igbo_people|Igbo]], [[:en:Ijaw_people|Ijaw]], [[:en:Ibibio_people|Ibibio]], and [[:en:Nupe_people|Nupe]] peoples among other Nigerian groups. There are also groups from outside of Nigeria's modern borders with the [[:en:Saro_people|Saro (Sierra Leonean)]] and [[:en:Brazilians_in_Nigeria|Amaro (Brazilian)]] groups being descendants of [[:en:Freedman|formerly enslaved people]] that returned to Africa in the 1800s with a longstanding Middle Eastern Nigerian community (mainly [[:en:Syrian_Nigerians|Syrian]] and [[:en:Lebanese_Nigerians|Lebanese Nigerians]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/lagos-population|access-date=2022-07-23|website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> also forming a significant part of Lagos' population along with recent immigrants from [[:en:Benin_Republic|Benin Republic]], [[:en:Chinese_people_in_Nigeria|China]], [[:en:Ghana|Ghana]], [[:en:India|India]], [[:en:Togo|Togo]], and the [[:en:British_Nigerian|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adeshokan|first1=Oluwatosin|title=The last French speakers in Lagos|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2020-01-10-00-the-last-french-speakers-in-lagos/|website=[[Mail & Guardian]]|access-date=3 January 2022|date=10 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Nigeria, Chinatown Vendors Struggle For Profits|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/15/137045110/in-nigeria-chinatown-vendors-struggle-for-profits|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fawehinmi|first1=Yolanthe|title=Meet the British-Nigerians swapping London for 'Africa's Silicon Valley'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/meet-british-nigerians-swapping-london-africas-silicon-valley/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=26 October 2021|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ndukwe|first1=Ijeoma|title='Everyone is hustling here': The Lebanese of Nigeria|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/28/everyone-is-hustling-here-the-lebanese-of-nigeria|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> Religiously the state is also diverse as about 55% of the state's population are [[:en:Christian|Christian]] with around 40% being [[:en:Muslim|Muslim]] and the remaining 5% following [[:en:Traditional_African_religions|traditional ethnic religions]] or other religions.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-18|title=Lagos, Nigeria’s mega city where shrines compete with churches, mosques|url=https://punchng.com/lagos-nigerias-mega-city-shrines-compete-churches-mosques/|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref> ▼
▲Lagos State has been inhabited for years by various indigenous ethnic groups, primarily the majority [[:en:Yoruba_people|Yoruba people]] that live throughout the state but also the [[:en:Ewe_people|Ewe]] and [[:en:Ogu_people|Ogu]] peoples in the far west. As a result of migration since the nineteenth century, Lagos State also has large populations of non-native Nigerian ethnic groups with [[:en:Edo_people|Edo]], [[:en:Fula_people|Fulani]], [[:en:Hausa_people|Hausa]], [[:en:Igbo_people|Igbo]], [[:en:Ijaw_people|Ijaw]], [[:en:Ibibio_people|Ibibio]], and [[:en:Nupe_people|Nupe]] peoples among other Nigerian groups. There are also groups from outside of Nigeria's modern borders with the [[:en:Saro_people|Saro (Sierra Leonean)]] and [[:en:Brazilians_in_Nigeria|Amaro (Brazilian)]] groups being descendants of [[:en:Freedman|formerly enslaved people]] that returned to Africa in the 1800s with a longstanding Middle Eastern Nigerian community (mainly [[:en:Syrian_Nigerians|Syrian]] and [[:en:Lebanese_Nigerians|Lebanese Nigerians]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/lagos-population|access-date=2022-07-23|website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> also forming a significant part of Lagos' population along with recent immigrants from [[:en:Benin_Republic|Benin Republic]], [[:en:Chinese_people_in_Nigeria|China]], [[:en:Ghana|Ghana]], [[:en:India|India]], [[:en:Togo|Togo]], and the [[:en:British_Nigerian|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adeshokan|first1=Oluwatosin|title=The last French speakers in Lagos|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2020-01-10-00-the-last-french-speakers-in-lagos/|website=[[Mail & Guardian]]|access-date=3 January 2022|date=10 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Nigeria, Chinatown Vendors Struggle For Profits|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/15/137045110/in-nigeria-chinatown-vendors-struggle-for-profits|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fawehinmi|first1=Yolanthe|title=Meet the British-Nigerians swapping London for 'Africa's Silicon Valley'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/meet-british-nigerians-swapping-london-africas-silicon-valley/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=26 October 2021|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ndukwe|first1=Ijeoma|title='Everyone is hustling here': The Lebanese of Nigeria|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/28/everyone-is-hustling-here-the-lebanese-of-nigeria|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> Religiously the state is also diverse as about 55% of the state's population are [[:en:Christian|Christian]] with around 40% being [[:en:Muslim|Muslim]] and the remaining 5% following [[:en:Traditional_African_religions|traditional ethnic religions]] or other religions.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-18|title=Lagos, Nigeria’s mega city where shrines compete with churches, mosques|url=https://punchng.com/lagos-nigerias-mega-city-shrines-compete-churches-mosques/|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref>
In the pre-colonial period, the area that is now Lagos State was mainly [[:en:Fishing|fishing]] villages<ref>{{Cite web|title=Makoko Fishing Village, Lagos, Nigeria {{!}} Fishing villages, Unusual buildings, Village|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/412994228302749283/|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Pinterest|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=-|url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g304026-d21311536-Reviews-Ilaje_Fishing_Village_Gberefu_Badagry-Lagos_Lagos_State.html|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Tripadvisor|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-29|title=Orimedu: Small Lagos Island where fishing unites two countries|url=https://punchng.com/orimedu-small-lagos-island-where-fishing-unites-two-countries/|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=News Archives - Page 2922 of 16125|url=https://punchng.com/topics/news/|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref> and ports that at various points were controlled by states including the [[:en:Oyo_Empire|Oyo Empire]] and [[:en:Benin_Empire|Benin Empire]] until the early 1800s when the city of [[:en:Lagos|Lagos]] had developed into a major kingdom of its own right. In 1850, the British successfully attacked the kingdom in the [[:en:Bombardment_of_Lagos|Bombardment of Lagos]] before installing [[:en:Akitoye|an ally]] as [[:en:Oba_of_Lagos|Oba]] and signing [[:en:Treaty_Between_Great_Britain_and_Lagos,_1_January_1852|a treaty]] that established Lagos as being under British protection. Ten years later, the forced [[:en:Lagos_Treaty_of_Cession|Lagos Treaty of Cession]] led to the formal establishment of the [[:en:Lagos_Colony|Lagos Colony]]. In 1906, the colony was incorporated into the new [[:en:Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate|Southern Nigeria Protectorate]] which merged into [[:en:British_Nigeria|British Nigeria]] in 1914 with the city of [[:en:Lagos|Lagos]] as its capital. Upon independence in 1960, Lagos remained as the capital with much of the city forming the Federal Capital Territory while the rest of modern-day Lagos State was a part of the [[:en:Western_Region,_Nigeria|Western Region]] until 1967 when the region was split and the area became Lagos State.
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