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Badagry
Lagos, Nigeria · Africa
About Badagry
Badagry sits on the route: 25 minutes from Ipokia.
Badagry is in Lagos, Nigeria, with about 26,000 people. The nearest town is Ipokia, about 13 km away.
Badagry, also spelled Badagri, (Gun: Gbagli) is a coastal city and Local Government Area (LGA) in the Badagry Division of Lagos State, Nigeria. It is quite close to the city of Lagos, and located on the north bank of Porto Novo Creek, an inland waterway that connects Lagos (Nigeria's largest city and economic capital)Read more
to the Beninese capital of Porto-Novo. The same route connects Lagos, Ilaro, and Porto-Novo, and shares a border with the Republic of Benin. As of the preliminary 2006 census results, the municipality had a population of 241,093.
Serving as a lagoon and an Atlantic port, Badagry emerged as a commercial center on the West African coast between 1736 and 1851. Its connecting and navigable lakes, creeks and inland lagoons acted as a means to facilitate trade and as a security bar for residents. During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the town was a middleman between European traders on the coast and traders from the hinterland.
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Badagry is in Lagos, Nigeria, about 13 km from Ipokia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 26,383
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Lagos
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 6.4150, 2.8813
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