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Ang populasyon ng lalawigan ay kadalasang matatagpuan sa mga lugar sa baybayin at sa kabesera ng probinsiya na Ancona, na may populasyon na 101,518; ang lalawigan ay may kabuuang populasyon na 477,892 noong 2015. [2] Dahil sa lokasyon nito sa baybayin, ito ay madiskarteng mahalaga. [1] Ang pangulo ng lalawigan ay si Liana Serrani.
Ang Ancona ay isang lalawigan sa rehyon ng Marche sa Italya. Ang lungsod ng Ancona ang kabisera nito. Sa hilaga, ang lalawigan ay nasa hangganan ng Dagat Adriatico, Ang baybayin nito ng mga mabuhanging dalampasigan ay sikat sa mga Italyano ngunit hindi gaanong naapektuhan ng turismo.
Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system. The Port of Lagos / Apapa is the oldest and largest port in the country, both in terms of land area and cargo volume handled. More than half of Nigeria's maritime trade is handled here, and the port also acts as a transshipment point for landlocked countries such as Chad and Niger.
- Historical Names
- Beginnings
- Arrival of Europeans
- British Influence
- Colonial Lagos
- Independence
- New Millennium
- Obas (Kings) of Onim / Lagos
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Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of the first Europeans to arrive at the land already inhabited by the Awori who are a sub-ethnic group of the Yoruba people. The area which was under the administration of the Benin Kingdom was initially known as "Eko". The Portuguese would refer to it as "Onim" and later "Lagos". To differentiate the...
Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century and Binis in the 16th century. The Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. Their ruler Olofin divided the island among his ten sons.One of them, Aromire, planted pepper on the nearby island of Lagos. The palace of the ...
In 1472, Portuguese explorers arrived, and began to trade, eventually followed by other Europeans. Lagos (Portuguese for "lakes") was a name given to the settlement by the Portuguese. Throughout history, it was home to a number of warring ethnic Yoruba groups who had settled in the area. Following its early settlement by the Awori nobility, the sta...
In Britain's early 19th-century fight against the transatlantic slave trade, its West Africa Squadronor Preventative Squadron as it was also known, continued to pursue Portuguese, American, French, and Cuban slave ships and to impose anti-slavery treaties with West African coastal chiefs with so much doggedness that they created a strong presence a...
Following threats from Kosoko and the French who were positioned at Whydah, a decision was made by Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister) who noted in 1861, "the expediency of losing no time in assuming the formal Protectorate of Lagos". William McCoskry, the Acting Consul in Lagos with Commander Bedingfield convened a meeting with Oba Dosunmu on...
Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom. This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.[citation needed]
The rise of Nollywood
After 2000, the centre of the Nigerian film industry, commonly referred to as Nollywood, developed in the Surulere district. Lagos itself has since been the location and setting for many films. The 2016 film "Captain America: Civil War" contains a scene set in Lagos. The Spanish police series "La unidad" (2020 - 2023), the British drama "The Last Tree" (2019) and the US-Spanish drama "The Way, Chapter 2" with Martin Sheen (2023 still in development) also use Lagos as a filming location. The f...
Emergency situations
On 27 January 2002, explosions occurred at a barracks site in the city. According to military sources, the cause was the spread of a fire from a street market. It led to about 30 explosions in an ammunition depot, which affected adjacent buildings. People fled in panic. The disaster emanating from the ammunition depot cost at least a thousand lives. Many families were left homeless as their homes were destroyed.Impacts occurred within a seven-kilometre radius of the explosion site. Many child...
Narrow escape: Ebola in Lagos
On 20 July 2014, a traveller from Liberia infected with Ebolaarrived at the airport in Lagos and was diagnosed after being admitted to a private hospital. This patient may have infected 72 people at the airport and hospital. The patient died on 25 July; as of 24 September, there were 19 laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases and one probable case in two states, with 894 contacts identified and followed up as part of the response. No new cases had emerged since 31 August, suggesting that the Ebola o...
King Ado(1630–1669) first King of LagosKing Gabaro(1669–1704)King Akinsemoyin(1704–1749)Works cited
1. Green, Toby (2020). A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution. New York City: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-141-97766-9.
In the Philippines, provinces (Filipino: lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities.
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