Èkó

Lagos

Èkó
Flag of Lagos
Flag
Official seal of Lagos
Seal
Map of Lagos Metropolis
Map of Lagos Metropolis
Country Nigeria
StateLagos State
LGALagos Island
Area
 • Urban
999.6 km2 (385.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 census, preliminary)
 • Density7,941/km2 (20,569.9/sq mi)
 • Urban
7,937,932
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitehttp://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/

Èkó (tàbí Lagos ní èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì /ˈlɡɒs/, US also /ˈlɑːɡs/;[3] Yorùbá: Èkó) ni ìlú tó ní èrò tó pọ̀ jùlọ ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà àti ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ Áfríkà.[4][5] Èkó jẹ́ ilé-ajé pàtàkì ní gbogbo Áfríkà àti oríta òkòwò ní Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó. Èkó gẹ́gẹ́bí ìlú-nínlá ni o ní GDP kẹrin tó pọ̀jùlọ ní Áfríkà,[6][7] ibẹ̀ sì ni èbúté ọkọ̀-ojúomi tó tó bijùlọ àti tó láápọn jùlọ ní ilẹ̀ Áfríkà.[8][9][10] Èkó ni ìkan láàrin àwọn ìlú tí ó ń ní ìgbèdàgbà kíákíá jùlọ ní àgbáyé.[18]

Èkó ní orúkọ tí àwọn Yorùbá ń pè ìlú erékùsù tí ó ti di olú ìlú àti ibùjoko ìjoba gbogbo-gbòò fún ilè Nàìjíríà ní ojó òní. Ìlú Yorùbá ní, ṣugbọ́n orúkọ ti àwọn ènìyàn àgbáíyé fí ń pè é ni èyí ti àwọn Òyìnbó Potogi tí o kọ́ bẹ etíkun ilẹ̀ Yorùbá wò fún un. Orúkọ náà ni “Lagos”, eyi ti ìtumọ rẹ̀ jásí “adágún” tàbí “ọ̀sà”, nítorí pé ọ̀sà ni ó yí ìlú náà ka...

Àwọn Ẹ̀yà Yorùbá ti Àwórì ni ó kọ́kọ́ tẹ̀dó si agbègbè Ìlú Èkó, lábé ìsàkóso àti Ìtọnà olórí wọn, Ọ̀lọ̀fin, àwọn Àwórì kọ́kọ́ tẹ̀dó sí erékùsù Ìddó, Léyìn ìgbà náà ni wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ si ní wọnú àwọn agbègbè yókù Èkó láti tẹ̀dó. Ní séntúrì karùndínlógún {15th Century}, Ìlú Èkó, bọ́ sí abẹ́ ìsàkóso Ìjọba Benin. Ìgbà náà ni àwọn Ológun Ìlú náà sọ agbègbè ìlú náà ní Èkó, eléyìí, tí ó túmò sí [Ibi tí àwọn Ológun tí ń simi} Ní èdè Edo/Benin. Gbogbo eléyìí ṣẹlẹ̀ lábẹ́ olórí àwọn Benin ní ìgbà náà Ọba Ọ̀rọ̀gbà. Léyìn tí èyí ṣẹlẹ̀, ni Ìjọba Benin fi Baálẹ̀ jẹ́ oyè, láti máà M'ójútó/Se Àkóso, àti Gbígbà Ìsákọ́lè {Tribute} ìlú náà bíi agbègbè lábé-fé Ìjọba ńlá ti Benin. Ọba Yorùbá àkọ́kọ́ ti Ìlú Èkó jẹ́, ní Ọba Aṣípa. Ní ọdun-ún 1472, àwọn Òyìnbó Pọ́tókì{Portuguese} dé si ilè Èkó, àwọn Pọ́tókì náà ní Òyìnbó àkókó, tí o máà de Ilè -Èkó láti Erékùsù Orílè-ẹ̀dẹ̀ Europe ní ìgbà náà.

Àwòrán

Ìtọ́kasí

  1. Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agége, Ajéròmí-Ìfélódùn, Àlímòshọ́, Àmùwó-Ọ̀dọ̀fin, Àpápá, Etí-Ọ̀sà, Ìfàkò-Ìjàìyè, Ìkejà, Kòsòfẹ́, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ọ̀jọ́, Oshòdì-Ìsolò, Shómólú, Surulérè) as per:
    The Nigeria Congress. "Administrative Levels - Lagos State". Archived from the original on 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2007-06-29. 
  2. Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agége, Ajéròmí-Ìfélódùn, Àlímòshọ́, Àmùwó-Ọ̀dọ̀fin, Àpápá, Etí-Ọ̀sà, Ìfàkò-Ìjàìyè, Ìkejà, Kòsòfẹ́, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per:
    Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette (15 May 2007). "Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-06-29. 
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  5. John Campbell (10 July 2012). "This Is Africa's New Biggest City: Lagos, Nigeria, Population 21 Million". The Atlantic (Washington DC). https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/this-is-africas-new-biggest-city-lagos-nigeria-population-25-million/259611/. Retrieved 23 September 2012. 
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