Legas (; Yarabawa: Èkó) shine birni mafi girma a cikin jihar Najeriya da sunan iri daya kuma a Nigeria da yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara. Yana daya daga cikin garuruwa mafi girma cikin sauri a duniya kuma ɗayan birni mafi yawan al'umma. Legas babbar cibiyar hadahadar kudade ce a Afirka; megacity tana da GDP mafi girma na hudu a Afirka kuma tana da mafi girma daga cikin tashoshin jiragen ruwa mafi girma a nahiyar. ) na Legas Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin da Apapa. Tsibirin ya rabu biyu ta hanyar lalacewa, yana buɗe bakin kudu maso yamma na Legas Lagoon, yayin da ake kiyaye shi daga Tekun Atlantika ta tsibirin shinge da dogayen rairayin bakin teku kamar Bar Beach, waɗanda ke nisan mil 100 (gabas da 62) gabas da yamma na bakin . Sakamakon saurin birni, garin ya faɗaɗa zuwa yamma zuwa layin don haɗawa da wurare a cikin Lagos na yanzu, Ajeromi-Ifelodun da Surulere. Wannan ya haifar da rarrabuwa Legas zuwa manyan yankuna biyu: Tsibiri, wanda shine farkon garin Lagos, kafin ya faɗaɗa zuwa yankin da aka sani da Mainland. Gwamnatin Tarayya ta mallaki wannan yanki kai tsaye ta hanyar Majalisar Birnin Legas, har zuwa lokacin da aka kirkiro Jihar Legas a cikin 1967, wanda ya haifar da rarrabuwar garin Legas zuwa Yankin kananan hukumomi bakwai na yanzu (LGAs), da ƙari ga sauran garuruwa (wanda a yanzu suka girka LGA 13) daga Yankin Yammacin wancan lokacin don ƙirƙirar jihar.Lagos, babban birnin Najeriya tun lokacin da aka fara shi a shekara ta 1914, ya ci gaba da zama babban birnin jihar Legas bayan ƙirƙirar sa. Koyaya, daga baya aka koma da babban birnin jihar zuwa Ikeja a 1976, sannan babban birnin tarayya ya koma Abuja a 1991. Duk da cewa har yanzu ana kiran Legas a matsayin birni, amma a yanzu ana Legas, wanda kuma aka sani da "Metropolitan Lagos", kuma bisa hukuma a matsayin "Legas Metropolitan Area" shine agglomeration na birni ko gari, wanda ya kunshi LGA 16 ciki har da Ikeja, babban birnin jihar Legas. Wannan yanki yana da kashi 37% na yawan fadin jihar Legas, amma gidaje kusan kashi 85% na yawan jama'an jihar ne. A cikin bayanan ƙididdigar tarayya na 2006, taron yana da yawan jama'a kusan miliyan 8. Kodayake, Gwamnatin Jihar Legas ta yi karo da wannan adadi, wanda daga baya ya fitar da bayanan yawan jama'arsa, wanda ya sanya yawan Jama'ar Legas a kusan miliyan 16. Ya zuwa shekarar 2015, alkaluman da ba na hukuma ba sun sanya adadin "Babban Birni na Legas" wanda ya hada da Legas da kewayenta, daga har zuwa cikin jihar Ogun, kimanin miliyan 21.

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