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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.
AsGẹ́gẹ́ abí resultàbáyọrí ofsíṣí migrationlọ sinceláti theorílẹ̀ nineteenthèdè centurykan sí òmíràn láti bíi ọ̀rúndún sẹ́yìn, Lagosìpínlẹ̀ StateÈkó alsopẹ̀lú hasti largení populationsèrò oftó non-nativepọ̀ Nigeriantí ethnicwọn kìí ṣe àwọn ọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀yà orílẹ̀-èdè groupsNàìjíríà withpẹ̀lú [[:en:Edo_people|Edo]], [[:en:Fula_people|Fulani]], [[:en:Hausa_people|Hausa]], [[:en:Igbo_people|Igbo]], [[:en:Ijaw_people|Ijaw]], [[:en:Ibibio_people|Ibibio]], andàti èèyàn [[:en:Nupe_people|Nupe]] peoplesláàárin among otheràwọn Nigerianọ̀wọ́ groupsorílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà yòókù. ThereÀwọn areọ̀wọ́ alsomìíràn groupswa fromlátìta outsidetí ofwọn Nigeria'swá modernláti bordersàwọn withìlú thetí ó pín ààlà orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà pèlú [[:en:Saro_people|Saro (Sierra Leonean)]] andàti [[:en:Brazilians_in_Nigeria|Amaro (Brazilian)]] groupsgẹ́gẹ́ beingbí descendantsàwọn ofọ̀wọ́ [[:en:Freedman|formerlytí enslavedwọn people]]ṣẹ̀ thatwá returnedtí towọ́n Africakó inlẹru thetẹ́lẹ̀rị́ tí wọ́n 1800spadà withsílẹ̀ aadúláwọ̀ longstandingní Middleàwọn Easternọdún Nigerian1800 communitypẹ̀lú àwọn àwùjọ àárín ìlà-oòrùn orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà tí wọ́n ti wà ti pẹ́ (mainlypàápàá [[:en:Syrian_Nigerians|Syrian]] andàti [[:en:Lebanese_Nigerians|Lebanese Nigerians orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà]])<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> alsopẹ̀lú formingdi aèrò significantní partapákan ofgbòógì Lagos'ní populationìpínlẹ̀ Èkó pẹ̀lú alongàwọn withtí recentwọ́n immigrantsṣí wá láìpẹ́ láti from [[:en:Benin_Republic|Beninìlu RepublicBenin]], [[:en:Chinese_people_in_Nigeria|China]], [[:en:Ghana|Ghana]], [[:en:India|India]], [[:en:Togo|Togo]], and theàti [[: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>
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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.
Economically, Lagos State is one of the most important states in the country as a major financial centre and would be one of the largest [[:en:List_of_African_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)|economies in Africa]] if it were a country<ref name="John M. O. Ekundayo 2013 135">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjhKyg8OjBUC&q=Lagos+State+Economy+in+Africa&pg=PA135|title=Out of Africa: Fashola: Reinventing Servant Leadership to Engender Nigeria's Transformation|author=John M. O. Ekundayo|page=135|publisher=AuthorHouse|year=2013|isbn=9781481790406}}</ref> with a [[:en:Gross_domestic_product|gross domestic product]] of $84 billion comparable with [[:en:Ghana|Ghana]]'s $75 billion, [[:en:Angola|Angola]]'s $70 billion, and [[:en:Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]'s $93 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Subscribe to read {{!}} Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/eca6f672-4ee6-4dd0-94c4-9213294b61fb|access-date=2021-06-03|newspaper=Financial Times|date=February 2021|last1=Munshi|first1=Neil}}</ref> Lagos State is also a key culture, education, and transportation hub for [[:en:Nigeria|Nigeria]] and [[:en:Sub-Saharan_Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa]]. Despite being beset by overcrowding and chronic debilitating traffic, Lagos State has the [[:en:List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019|highest]] [[:en:Human_Development_Index|Human Development Index]] in Nigeria and numerous developmental projects.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bearak|first1=Max|last2=Moriarty|first2=Dylan|last3=Ledur|first3=Júlia|title=How Africa will become the center of the world's urban future|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/africa-cities/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Human Development Indices|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/|website=Global Data Lab|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>
== History ==
{{Main|History of Lagos}}
=== Early history ===
Before the [[:en:Portuguese_people|Portuguese]] name of Lagos had been adopted, Lagos' initial name was Eko which referred mainly to the [[:en:Island|Island]]. The first to settle in Eko were the [[:en:Awori_tribe|Aworis]] in the 15th century and the [[:en:Edo_people|Binis]] in the 16th century. The [[:en:Awori_tribe|Aworis]] were conquered by the [[:en:Benin_Empire|Benin Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwc5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|title=The Yoruba Today|author=Jeremy Seymour Eades|publisher=Cambridge University Press (Changing Culture Series)|page=15|year=1980|isbn=9780521226561}}</ref> The Awori hunters and fishermen had originally come from [[:en:Ife|Ile-Ife]] to the coast.<ref name="Lagos State, Nigeria">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/places/states/lagos.htm|title=Lagos State, Nigeria|access-date=2014-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=8|title=History of Lagos State|access-date=2014-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209151402/http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=8|archive-date=9 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
It was in 1760 that the name Lagos was adopted by the Portuguese. Naming it after a city in Southern Portugal which was used as port for [[:en:Slave_Trade|Slave Trade]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The transatlantic slave trade|url=https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/transatlantic-slave-trade|access-date=2022-07-25|website=National Museums Liverpool}}</ref> In 1861, Oba Docemo was the one who signed the treaty making Lagos a [[:en:British_Overseas_Territories|British Colony]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-07-06|title=Lagos, Nigeria (ca. 1350- ) •|url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/lagos-nigeria-c-1350/|access-date=2022-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Post-colonial era ===
Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the ''State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos, Nigeria (1960 - 1970)|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ng-la.html|website=www.crwflags.com|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> which restructured Nigeria into a [[:en:Federation|federation]] of 12 states.<ref name="Lagos State Information">{{cite web|url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/information/details/Lagos|title=Lagos State Information|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics|access-date=25 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109140122/http://nigerianstat.gov.ng/information/details/Lagos|archive-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> Before the issuance of this Decree, [[:en:Lagos|Lagos city]], which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the ''Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs''.<ref name="Lagos State Information" /> However, [[:en:Ikeja|Ikeja]], [[:en:Agege|Agege]], [[:en:Mushin,_Lagos|Mushin]], [[:en:Ikorodu|Ikorodu]], [[:en:Epe,_Lagos_State|Epe]], [[:en:Surulere|surulere]], and [[:en:Badagry|Badagry]] were administered by the then Western Region Government.<ref name="Lagos State Information" /> Lagos, the city, along with these other towns were captured to create the state of Lagos, with the state becoming fully recognized as a [[:en:Semi-autonomous|semi-autonomous]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Semiautonomous Definitions {{!}} What does semiautonomous mean? {{!}} Best 4 Definitions of Semiautonomous|url=https://www.yourdictionary.com/semiautonomous|access-date=2022-07-25|website=www.yourdictionary.com}}</ref> administrative division on 11 April 1968.<ref name="Lagos State Information" /> Lagos served the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital until 1976 when the capital of the state was moved to [[:en:Ikeja|Ikeja]].<ref name="Lagos State Information" /> After the full establishment of the [[:en:Federal_Capital_Territory,_Nigeria|Federal Capital Territory]], based on the recommendation of a of the [[:en:Akinola_Aguda|Akinola Àgùdà]] led committee set up by the General Murtala Muhammed to Review the need for a new Capital for Nigeria in 1975. The seat of the Federal Government was formally relocated to [[:en:Abuja|Abuja]] on 12 December 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ogbuenyi|first=Nosike|date=2022-02-03|title=Abuja at 46: The Dreams, Strides, Challenges|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/509441-abuja-at-46-the-dreams-strides-challenges.html|access-date=2022-07-25|website=Premium Times Nigeria|language=en-GB}}</ref> Nevertheless, Lagos remains the financial centre of the country, and even grew to become the most populous city in the state and the country.<ref name="Lagos State Information" />{{ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́}}
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