Ikorodu
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Ikorodu is a city in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State. With a population of over 1 million inhabitants, Ikorodu is currently the 12th largest city in Nigeria and growing at a rate of 5.26% annually, it is projected to reach 1.7 million inhabitants by 2035, It is the 2nd largest local government in Lagos State. Indigenous settlers of Ikorodu emigrated from Sagamu and part of Ijebu in Ogun state.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ikorodu
- Settlement.official_name
- Ikorodu Local Government Area
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The_Heart_of_Ikorodu_City.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown Ikorodu
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- Nigeria
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lagos State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- LGA(s)
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ikorodu
- Settlement.leader_title
- LGA Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Adedayo Ladega
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 345
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 536,619
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography and economy
- Economy
- Imota rice mill
- Capacity
- Economic effect
- Technical process
- Surroundings
- Religion
- Education
- Ikorodu Divisional Library
- Tourist centres
- Cultural Heritage Groups<ref>{{Cite web |title=EUDIF Capacity Development Lab |url=https://thisislagos.com.ng/eudif-capacity-development-lab/ |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=This is Lagos |language=en-US}}</ref>
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Ikorodu is a city in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State. With a population of over 1 million inhabitants, Ikorodu is currently the 12th largest city in Nigeria and growing at a rate of 5.26% annually, it is projected to reach 1.7 million inhabitants by 2035, It is the 2nd largest local government in Lagos State. Indigenous settlers of Ikorodu emigrated from Sagamu and part of Ijebu in Ogun state.
==Geography and economy== Situated approximately 37 km north of Lagos, Ikorodu is bounded to the south by the Lagos Lagoon, to the north by a boundary with Ogun State, and to the east by a boundary with Agbowa-Ikosi, a town in Epe Division of Lagos State. The town has grown significantly in the past 40 years and is divided into sixteen or seventeen "Ituns" or minor areas. The main industries in the town are trading, farming and manufacturing. Ijebu dialect is widely spoken in ikorodu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ikorodu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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