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Lagos (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 06 34 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 6.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was administered by British as Colony of Lagos 1914-1954; most inhabitants are Yoruban, but the population recently has grown more heterogenous. |
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| Lagos (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Lagos state (C,O,display)
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| Lagos State (C,U,O)
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| NI05 (C,U,FIPS)
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Lagos (state) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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established 1976 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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