Lagos, a state in southwestern Nigeria on the coast of the Gulf of Benin, is a metropolitan city surrounded by various bodies of water.
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It borders Ogun State to the north and east, the Gulf of Benin to the south, and the Republic of Benin to the west. From 1914 to 1954, the area in the state was administered by the British as part of the Colony of Nigeria. Provisions of the 1954 constitution led to the creation of the Lagos Federal Territory (the 70 km² area of Lagos Island, including the city of Lagos) and the transfer of the inner city to the administrative region of Western Nigeria. However, this agreement limited the expansion of Lagos city into the mainland, and in 1967 the creation of Lagos State by the national government restored the city's sovereignty over its hinterland.
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