is ibadan the biggest city in africa?
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With a population of over 3 million, it is the third most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano; it is the country's largest city by geographical area. At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second most populous in Africa after Cairo.
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Ibadan North is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters stood at Agodi in Ibadan. The postal code of the area is 200.
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No. Africa is the second biggest continent in the world, and is about 30 million sq kilometres in surface area. This follows that the biggest - obviously - cannot fit into Africa (in other words, Asia).
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A predominantly urban area, Ibadan North West Local Government has within his jurisdiction Onireke, Ayeye, Dugbe, Inalnde, Ologuneru to mention just a few. The Local Government can boast of markets like Ayeye, Dugbe, Agbeni and Eleyele.
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Ikeja is the capital of Lagos State and is the most exclusive residential area on Mainland Lagos. Ikeja was once a well-planned and quiet residential suburb, initially built during the colonial period to house the upper classes.
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The Ijesa cultural area presently covers six local government councils within Osun state of Nigeria. The Ijesha territory is adjoined by the Ekiti on the east, the Igbomina to the north, the Ife to the south, and the Oyo and Ibolo to the west.
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Abeokuta is the state capital of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of Lagos by railway, or 130 kilometres (81 mi) by water.
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LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Nigeria is located in West Africa. It is bound by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast, Cameroon to the east and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The country has four geographical regions from south to north.
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Ibokun is a populated place in Osun State, Nigeria. It is located at an elevation of 416 meters above sea level. Ibokun is the headquarters of Obokun Local Government Area, Osun State. The postal code of the area is 233.
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Akwa Ibom is one of Nigeria's 36 states, with a population of over five million people. The state was created in 1987 by Ibrahim Babangida from the former Cross River State and is currently the highest oil- and gas-producing state in the country. The state's capital is Uyo, with over 500,000 inhabitants.
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South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Johannesburg, the largest urban area in the country and a centre of commerce, lies at the heart of the populous Gauteng province.
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There is a long coastline of about 3333 km the longest on mainland Africa. Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia is situated on eastern coast of Somalia.
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With a population of more than 188 million, Nigeria was Africa's most populous nation in 2015. However, less than 53 percent of the Nigerian population lived in urban areas. By comparison, as much as 93 percent of Egypt's population was urbanized by 2015, making it the most urban country on the continent.
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Stay safe[edit] While car hijackings and armed robbery are high in Lagos, and kidnapping of foreign oil workers is prevalent in the Niger delta, Abuja in sharp contrast, is one of the safest metropolitan cites in Nigeria. General security measures like elsewhere in the world should be observed.
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Ayobo-Ipaja is in the Alimosho local government area in the north-western part of Lagos. Alimosho is the largest local government authority in Lagos State with about 2 million inhabitants.
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Nigeria is home to Africa's largest Muslim population.
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Johannesburg, South Africa, with a population of over four million people in the city proper and over seven million in the broader metropolitan area, is the worlds largest city not founded on a shoreline, bank of a river, or beside a large inland lake.