Legas islandJihar lagos mai yawan jama'achunkoson jama'a a garin LagosBene na farko a Nigeria wanda ke birnin Badagry a LagosBabban filin jirgin sama dake Tinubu Square Lagos wanda aka fi sani da "Murtala Muhammad International Airport"Gabar Teku na Badagry wanda ke babban birnin LagosBabbab Asibitin EKO dake Victoria Island a LagosTinubu Square
Birnin Legas, ko kuma Birnin Ikko, shi ne babban birnin Jihar Legas da ke Najeriya. Legas yana daya daga cikin birane mafi girma da yawan jama'a a Afirka da ma duniya baki daya. Legas ne birni na biyu mafi girma a Afirka, kuma na bakwai a duniya.[1] Kimanin mutum miliyan 15.3 (a shekara ta 2022) ke rayuwa a Legas.[2] Garin Legas na da mutane kimanin 23.5 million a shekara ta 2018, wanda ya maida shi babban birni mafi girma a nahiyar Afirka. Legas ya kasance cibiyar kasuwanci a jihar Legas da Najeriya gaba daya.[3][4]
Legas tana daya daga cikin birane goma masu habbaka da sauri a duniya[5][6]Babban birnin yana matsayin na hudu a kawo kudin shiga (GDP) a Africa[7]kuma akwai daya daga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa mafi hada-hada Afirka.[8]Birnin Legas cibiya ne na ilimi, gargajiya a sassan Afirka da ke kudancin sahara.
Legas a da gida ne ga mutanen Awori, wani reshe ne na Yarbanci na yammacin Afirka. Amma yanzu ta zama birnin tashoshin jiragen ruwa wanda ya samo asali daga tsibirai dabam-dabam.[9]
Gwamnatin tarayya ke gudanar da harkokin wannan babban birni har izuwa shekarar 1967 lokacin da aka rarraba birnin zuwa kananan hukumomi 7 da muke da su a yau.[10][11] da kuma karin birane 3 wanda ya sa kananan hukumomin suka koma 13 wanda suka samar da jihar Legas na yau.[12][13]
Har wa yau, an mai da Ikeja ta zamo babban birnin jihar a shekara ta 1976, sannan Abuja ta koma babban birnin tarayya a shekara ta 1991. Wuraren da ake kira birnin Legas watau "Lagos Metroplitan Area"[14][15][16]sun hada da manyan biranen[17] jihar guda 16 har da Ikeja. Wannan manyan birane sun mamaye kashi 37% na fadin kasar Legas, sannan tana dauke da fiye da kaso 86% na mutanen jihar Legas.
Akwai rudani game da ainihin yawan mutane birnin Legas. A kidaya da akayi na shekara ta 2006 ya nuna cewa akwai adadin mutane miliyan 8 a birnin. Sai dai gwamnatin jihar ta nuna rashin amincewarta ga adadin kidayan inda ta daki nata adadin da kimanin mutane miliyan 16. A shekara ta 2015 wani kundi wanda gwamnati bata tantance shi ya sanya mutanen Legas har zuwa kusa da jihar Ogun kimanin mutum miliyan 21.[18][19][20]
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↑"Population". Lagos State Government. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2012.