Makoko

Makoko is an informal settlement across the 3rd Mainland Bridge located on the coast of mainland Lagos, Nigeria. A third of the community is built on stilts along the lagoon and the rest is on the land. The waterfront part of the community is largely harboured by the Egun people who migrated from Badagary and Republic of Benin and whose main occupation is fishing.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Makoko
Settlement.settlement_type: Informal Settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Okoh collins photography landscape shots all over Nigeria.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: A landscape photo of Makoko, 2017.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nigeria Lagos
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lagos State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Slum
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lagos
Settlement.subdivision_type3: LGA
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Lagos Mainland
Settlement.established_title: Settled
Settlement.established_date: 19th century
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.population_total: 85,000 – 1,000,000

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Makoko comprises six individual villages, of which four are floating communities (Adogbo, Migbewhe, Oko Agbon and Yanshiwhe) and two are on land (Apollo and Sogunro). The state government of Lagos refers to the area as Makoko-Iwaya Waterfront.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Makoko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.