Lagos Colony

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Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.

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Lagos Colony canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony
adminCenter Lagos
capital Lagos
colonialPower Britain
linked to: United Kingdom
commonLanguage Hausa
Igbo
Yoruba
country United Kingdom
currency British pound sterling
linked to: Pound sterling
dateOfMerger 1906
economyBasedOn commerce and shipping
export of agricultural produce
palm oil trade
endDate 1906
establishedBy British Crown
United Kingdom
establishedThrough Treaty of Cession of Lagos
governmentType Crown colony
headOfGovernment Governor of Lagos Colony
headOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom
historicalRole key component in the formation of modern Nigeria
precursor of modern Lagos State
legalStatus Crown colony of the United Kingdom
linked to: Crown colony
locatedIn West Africa
locatedInPresentDay Nigeria
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
majorPort Lagos
mergedInto Southern Nigeria Protectorate
linked to: Southern Nigeria
namedAfter Lagos
notableFor role in British anti-slavery naval operations
strategic port on the West African coast
officialLanguage English
partOf British Empire
British West Africa
predecessor Kingdom of Lagos
linked to: Lagos Kingdom

Lagos as a British protectorate
regionType coastal colony
significantEvent annexation of Lagos by Britain in 1861
integration into Southern Nigeria in 1906
sovereignState United Kingdom
startDate 1861
successor Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria Protectorate
linked to: Southern Nigeria
todayPartOf Federal Republic of Nigeria
linked to: Nigeria

Lagos State

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