Lagos Island as seen from the harbour near Victoria Island.

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City of Lagos showing main urban areas Coordinates: 6°27'11?N 3°23'45?E? / ?6.45306, 3.39583 Country Nigeria State Lagos State LGA Lagos Island Area [1]  - City 8.7 km? (3.3 sq mi)  - Urban 999.6 km? (385.9 sq mi) Population (2006 census, preliminary)[2]  - City 209,437 (Lagos Island LGA)  - Density 24,182/km? (62,631/sq mi)  - Urban 7,937,932 (Metropolitan Lagos)  - Urban Density 7,941/km? (20,568/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1)  - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+1) Website: http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/ Lagos (pron. IPA: /'le?g?s/ or /'l??go?s/ overseas) is the most populous conurbation in Nigeria with around 8 million people[2] and the second most populous in Africa after Cairo. Formerly the capital of Nigeria, Lagos is a huge metropolis which originated on islands separated by creeks, such as Lagos Island, that fringe the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon, protected from the Atlantic Ocean by long sand spits such as Bar Beach which stretch up to 100 km east and west of the mouth. From this beginning, Lagos has spread on the mainland west of the lagoon and the conurbation, including Ikeja and Agege, now reaches more than 40 km north-west of Lagos Island. The city is the economic and financial capital of Nigeria.