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Lagos: History, Former Names & Timeline

Lagoon port on the Gulf of Guinea, a British colony from 1861, later Nigeria's capital and one of Africa's largest cities.

Map showing Lagos in 1960Lagos
Border map for 1960. See the world in 1960.

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Former names of Lagos

FromNameNote
1500Eko / Lagos

Timeline of Lagos

YearEvent
1861Britain annexes Lagos
1960Nigeria becomes independent

Who ruled Lagos

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–899West African cereal farmers
900–999Mandes
1000–1599West African cereal farmers
1600–1649Unclaimed / no data
1650–1782Oyo
1783–1814Dahomey
1815–1879Unclaimed / no data
1880–1913Lagos
1914–todayNigeria

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