Lagos State

===Lagos===
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Lagos is the most populous city in Lagos State, Nigeria as a whole, and the continent of Africa. The [[conurbation]] is one of the most populous in the world.<ref>As of 2015 the entire population of Lagos state was approximated to 16 million.[http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth1.html World's fastest growing cities and urban areas from 2006 to 2020], by [[CityMayors.com]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=6 |publisher=Lagos State Government |title=Population |year=2011 |access-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018094514/http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=6 |archive-date=18 October 2015 }}</ref> Lagos is a [[port]] which originated on islands separated by [[Creek (tidal)|creeks]], such as Lagos Island, fringing the southwest mouth of [[Lagos Lagoon]] while protected from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] by [[barrier island]]s and long [[sand spit]]s such as [[Bar Beach, Lagos|Bar Beach]], which stretch up to {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=off}} east and west of the mouth. The metropolitan area of Lagos includes [[Ikeja]] (which is the capital of Lagos State) and [[Agege]] and [[Mushin, Lagos|Mushin]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}