Mainland
The Mainland refers to a vast region of Lagos which is on the African mainland and not on islands. Lagos Mainland is the official name of a district which forms only a small part of the mainland.Photo: Johnbrainyvisuals, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
National Theatre
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6°28′35″N 3°22′10″E / 6.47639°N 3.36944°E National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, LagosThe National Theatre, Nigeria is the primary centre for the performing arts in Nigeria.
National Gallery of Modern Art
Photo: dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos is a major art gallery in Lagos, the largest city of Nigeria.
Lagos Terminus railway station
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Lagos Terminus, also known as Lagos Iddo, has been the main railway station of the city of Lagos until 2021.
Localities in the Area
Ijora
Ijora is a small district in Lagos State. The area used to be a swampy and water-logged area before the reclamation of land and further reconstruction was done on it to make it the Ijora of today, which is now an industrial estate.Ebute Metta
Photo: Princess of Ara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mainland refers to a vast region of Lagos which is on the African mainland and not on islands.
Mainland
- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 318,000 residents
- Description: LGA and suburb in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Location: Lagos City, Lagos State, South West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.47941° or 6° 28' 46" northLongitude
3.37292° or 3° 22' 23" eastPopulation
318,000Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open Location Code
6FR5F9HF+Q5GeoNames ID
9485474Wikidata ID
Q6472602Mainland Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: لاغوس البر الرئيسى
- Arabic: لاغوس البر الرئيسي
- Cebuano: Lagos Mainland Local Government Area
- Chinese: Lagos Mainland
- Chinese: 拉各斯大陆
- English: Lagos Mainland, LGA
- English: Lagos Mainland
- Esperanto: Kontinenta Lagoso
- French: Lagos Terre
- German: Lagos Mainland
- Hausa: Lagos Mainland
- Igbo: Lagos Mainland
- Italian: Lagos Mainland
- Japanese: ラゴス本土
- Min Nan Chinese: Lagos Mainland
- Portuguese: Lagos Continental
- Portuguese: Lagos Continente
- Portuguese: Lagos Mainland
- Spanish: Lagos Continental
- Urdu: لاگوس مین لینڈ
- Yoruba: Lagos Mainland
Other Places Named Mainland
Localities in the Area
- AlagbedeVillage
- IganmuVillage
- IddoSuburb
- Badia EastNeighbourhood
- OrisumibareLocality
Popular Destinations in Lagos City
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Mainland. Photo: Johnbrainyvisuals, CC BY-SA 4.0.