The following are lists of the most populous fully defined incorporated settlements in Nigeria by population. This page consists three different tables, with different kinds of settlements; a list for "defined cities", listing the population, strictly within the defined city limits, a list for "urban area" population, and another list for the population within metropolitan areas.
Nigerian cities are categorized into three types; there is the "Metropolis", which is characterized with having more than one Local Government Areas (LGAs). This type of cities are usually formed when large municipalities are split into smaller LGAs, to aid efficient administration and management, or when small towns grow and merge into existing large cities, or both; some are also formed when urban areas of multiple LGAs merge as a result of growth and are now fully defined as a single settlement, Another type of settlement is the "Municipality", which is basically an LGA that is fully defined as its own city or town. This type of cities are usually mid-sized, although some large cities also exist as a single LGA. The third type of settlement is the "village", which is basically grouped together with several other villages into one sizeable LGA.
The following table lists fully defined incorporated cities in Nigeria, with a population of at least 100,000, as declared by the Nigerian National Population Commission in the 2006 National census.[1] This list refers only to the population of individual cities within their defined limits, which does not include other distinct communities or extended suburban areas within urban agglomerations. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state.
An urban area is a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor market, without regard for administrative or city boundaries. An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.
This is section lists contiguous urban areas in Nigeria, with a population of at least 500,000. The figures here have been taken from Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study 2016. Demographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization.[2]
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The following are lists of the most populous fully defined incorporated settlements in Nigeria by population This page consists three different tables with different kinds of settlements a list for defined cities listing the population strictly within the defined city limits a list for urban area population and another list for the population within metropolitan areas Lagos Lagos Kano Kano Ibadan Oyo Benin City Edo Port Harcourt Rivers Jos Plateau Ilorin Kwara Abuja FCT Enugu Enugu Zaria Kaduna Ikorodu Lagos Maiduguri Borno Aba Abia Contents 1 Lists 1 1 Defined cities towns 1 2 Urban areas 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLists EditDefined cities towns Edit Nigerian cities are categorized into three types there is the Metropolis which is characterized with having more than one Local Government Areas LGAs This type of cities are usually formed when large municipalities are split into smaller LGAs to aid efficient administration and management or when small towns grow and merge into existing large cities or both some are also formed when urban areas of multiple LGAs merge as a result of growth and are now fully defined as a single settlement Another type of settlement is the Municipality which is basically an LGA that is fully defined as its own city or town This type of cities are usually mid sized although some large cities also exist as a single LGA The third type of settlement is the village which is basically grouped together with several other villages into one sizeable LGA The following table lists fully defined incorporated cities in Nigeria with a population of at least 100 000 as declared by the Nigerian National Population Commission in the 2006 National census 1 This list refers only to the population of individual cities within their defined limits which does not include other distinct communities or extended suburban areas within urban agglomerations A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state Rank City State 2006 census Total area km2 Population density km2 1 Lagos a Lagos 8 048 430 1 171 3 6 8712 Kano b Kano 2 828 861 449 6 3003 Ibadan c Oyo 2 559 853 3 080 8314 Benin City d Edo 1 147 188 1 204 9535 Port Harcourt e Rivers 1 005 904 369 2 7266 Jos f Plateau 821 618 1 821 4517 Ilorin g Kwara 777 667 765 1 0168 Abuja FCT 776 298 1 769 439 9 Kaduna h Kaduna 760 084 131 5 80210 Enugu i Enugu 722 664 556 130011 Zaria j Kaduna 695 089 563 1 234 612 Ogbomosho k Oyo 602 53913 Warri l Delta 557 39814 Ikorodu Lagos 535 619 345 1 55315 Maiduguri Borno 543 016 137 3 96416 Aba m Abia 534 265 72 7 40017 Bauchi Bauchi 493 810 3 687 13418 Akure Ondo 484 798 991 48919 Abeokuta Ogun 451 607 879 51020 Oyo n Oyo 428 798 2427 17721 Uyo Akwa Ibom 427 873 362 1 18222 Sokoto Sokoto 427 76023 Owerri Imo 401 873 551 72924 Yola Adamawa 392 854 831 47325 Calabar Cross River 371 022 406 91026 Ife Osun 396 508 1 750 28427 Umuahia o Abia 359 230 385 93328 Ondo Ondo 358 43029 Minna p Niger 348 788 1 664 20930 Lafia Nasarawa 330 71231 Okene Kogi 320 260 328 976 432 Katsina Katsina 318 459 142 2 243 Ikeja Lagos 313 196 49 92 6 27433 Nsukka Enugu 309 633 45 3834 Ado Ekiti Ekiti 308 621 293 1 05335 Awka Anambra 301 65736 Iseyin Oyo 286 700 1 82037 Mubi q Adamawa 280 009 1 31738 Onitsha r Anambra 261 604 52 5 030 839 Sagamu Ogun 253 41240 Makurdi Benue 249 00041 Mokwa Niger 244 937 4 338 56 442 Badagry Lagos 241 093 441 54743 Ilesa Osun 233 90044 Gombe Gombe 230 90045 Obafemi Owode Ogun 228 851 1 410 16246 Owo Ondo 218 886 1 027 21347 Jimeta Adamawa 218 40048 Suleja Niger 216 578 119 1 82049 Lavun Niger 209 917 2 835 7450 Potiskum Yobe 205 876 559 36851 Kukawa Borno 203 864 4 901 41 652 Gusau Zamfara 201 20053 Iwo Osun 191 377 214 89454 Bida Niger 188 181 51 3 68955 Ugep Cross River 187 00056 Ijebu Ode Ogun 186 70057 Epe Lagos 181 409 965 18858 Ise Ekiti Ekiti 167 10059 Gboko Benue 166 40060 Ilawe Ekiti Ekiti 160 70061 Ikare Ondo 160 60062 Osogbo s Osun 156 694 47 3 33463 Okpoko Anambra 152 90064 Garki Jigawa 152 233 1 408 108 1265 Sapele Delta 151 00066 Ila Osun 150 70067 Shaki Oyo 150 30068 Ijero Ekiti 147 30069 Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom 143 077 116 1 23370 Jalingo Taraba 139 84571 Otukpo Benue 136 80072 Okigwe Imo 132 23773 Kisi Oyo 130 80074 Buguma Rivers 124 20075 Funtua Katsina 122 50076 Abakaliki Ebonyi 151 72377 Asaba t Delta 149 603 268 55878 Gbongan Osun 117 30079 Igboho Oyo 115 00080 Gashua Yobe 109 60081 Bama Borno 102 80082 Uromi Edo 101 400Urban areas Edit An urban area is a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor market without regard for administrative or city boundaries An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment This is section lists contiguous urban areas in Nigeria with a population of at least 500 000 The figures here have been taken from Demographia s World Urban Areas study 2016 Demographia uses maps satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization 2 Rank City State Population Area km2 Density km2 1 Lagos Lagos 12 830 000 1 425 90002 Kano Kano 3 680 000 251 14 6003 Ibadan Oyo 2 910 000 466 6 2004 Port Harcourt Rivers 1 865 000 158 11 8005 Abuja FCT 1 580 000 225 7 0006 Benin City Edo 1 355 000 228 5 9007 Aba Abia 1 215 000 91 13 4008 Kaduna Kaduna 1 100 000 153 7 2009 Ilorin Kwara 890 000 83 10 70010 Jos Plateau 790 000 70 11 300See also EditList of cities in Nigeria List of populated places in Nigeria Lists of villages in NigeriaNotes Edit Metropolitan Lagos consists 16 out of Lagos State s 20 LGA which excludes Badagry Epe Ibeju Lekki and Ikorodu summing the 8 LGAs in Kano which includes Kano Municipal Fagge Dala Gwale Tarauni Nasarawa Ungogo and Kumbotso Summing the 11 LGAs of Ibadan Benin City consists of 3 LGAs which includes Egor Oredo and Ikpoba Okha summing Obio Akpor and Port Harcourt LGA which both makeup the city Jos consists of 3 LGAs which includes Jos North Jos South and Jos East Ilorin consists of 3 LGAs which includes Ilorin East Ilorin South and Ilorin West Kaduna consists of 2 LGAs which includes Kaduna North and Kaduna South Enugu East Enugu North and Enugu South LGAs Zaria consists of 2 LGAs which includes Zaria and Sabon Gari Ogbomosho North and Ogbomosho South LGAs Warri North Warri South and Warri South West LGAs Aba North and Aba South LGAs Atiba Oyo East and Oyo West LGAs Umuahia North and Umuahia South LGAs Bosso and Chanchaga LGAs summing Mubi North and Mubi South consists 2 LGAs Onitsha North and Onitsha South Osogbo and Olorunda LGAs Oshimili South LGAReferences Edit FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 2006 Population Census PDF Web archive org Archived from the original PDF on 5 March 2012 Retrieved 25 July 2016 Demographia April 2016 Demographia World Urban Areas PDF 12th ed Retrieved November 17 2016 Further reading EditHerbert O Emezi 1975 Nigerian Population and Urbanization 1911 1974 A Bibliography University of California Los Angeles Coleman African Studies Center via California Digital LibraryExternal links Edit Media related to Cities in Nigeria at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Nigerian cities by population amp oldid 1124814239, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
