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Lagosians ((フランス語:Lagosiens)) are the people who are identified with Lagos State. This connection may be cultural, historical, legal and residential. For most Lagosians, many of those types of connections exist and are the source(s) of their being considered Lagosians. The vast majority of the population of Lagosian is made up of the Old World immigrants, Brazilians and their descendants. Following the British colonization, different peaks of immigration and settlement of non-aboriginal peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Aboriginal, Portuguese, British and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Lagos and also a Lagosian identity. Lagos had strongly been influenced by its linguistic, geographic and economic neighbor, the Republic of Benin. Lagosians independence from Great Britain in 1807 following the abolished of the Slave Trade grew gradually before Nigeria became independent on October 1, 1960 and the adoption of the Republican constitution in 1963 that led to the creation of Lagos State on May 27, 1967 by virtue. ==Population== In 2005, the population of Lagosian was 17.5 million based on the Lagos Bureau of Statistics report of 2005. As of 2006, the population of Lagosian was 9.01 million based on the Nigeria 2006 Census. This Population size constitutes about 6.44% of the Nation's total population having relied upon immigration for Population growth and Socioeconomic development. Despite its small size with an area of 356,861 hectares from which 75,755 hectares are wetlands, Lagos State became the most populated State in Nigeria. The United Nation estimated and predicted with its present growth rate, Lagos state will emerge as the third largest city in the world by 2015 after Tokyo, the capital of Japan and Mumbai, a city in India. The Population growth rate was estimated to about 600,000 per year with a population density of about 4,193 persons per km2 but the average density is over 20,000 persons per square km in the built-up areas of Metropolitan Lagos. Meanwhile, the current demographic trend analysis and estimation revealed that Lagosian population is growing ten times faster than that of New York and Los Angeles with a profound effects on urban sustainability. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lagosians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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