Abuja Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Conurbation === Abuja has witnessed a huge influx of people into the city; the growth has led to the emergence of satellite towns, such as [[Karu Urban Area]], [[Suleja]], Gwagwalada, Lugbe, [[Kuje]] and smaller settlements towards which the planned city is sprawling. The urban agglomeration centred upon Abuja had a population estimated at 3,770,000 in 2022.<ref name="Demographia">{{cite book|author1=Demographia|title=Demographia World Urban Areas|date=July 2022|edition=18th|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> The [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|metropolitan area of Abuja]] was estimated in 2016 at six million people, the country's second-most populous metro area.<ref name="Jaiyeola">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/29/fct-minister-harps-on-development-of-satellite-towns/ |title=FCT Minister Harps on Development of Satellite Towns |last=Jaiyeola |first=Andrews |access-date=22 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806020432/http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/29/fct-minister-harps-on-development-of-satellite-towns/ |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city has a large and growing immigrant community consisting mainly of nationals from the ECOWAS sub-region. The city has been undergoing a rapid pace of physical development over the last fifteen years. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page