Mushin, Lagos
{{Short description|Suburb of Lagos and local government area in Nigeria}}
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Mushin is a Local Government Area in Lagos, Nigeria.{{cite web| title =Mushin| work =NigeriaCongress.org| url =http://www.nigeriacongress.org/FGN/administrative/lgadetails.asp?lg=Mushin| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210111170333/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/FGN/administrative/lgadetails.asp?lg=Mushin| url-status =usurped| archive-date =January 11, 2021| access-date =2007-04-08}} It is located 10 km north of the city core, adjacent to the main road to Ikeja, and is largely a congested residential area with inadequate sanitation and low-quality housing. It had 633,009 inhabitants at the 2006 Census.{{Cite web |title=Nigeria Census - Nigeria Data Portal |url=https://nigeria.opendataforafrica.org/xspplpb/nigeria-census |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=nigeria.opendataforafrica.org}} It is also where a lot of A-list talents have risen from, artists such as Wande Coal.
Infrastructure and demographics
After the 1960 independence of Nigeria from Great Britain, there were large migrations to the suburban areas. This led to intensive overcrowding. As a result, poor sanitation and inadequate housing led to poor living conditions. However, since the rise of industrialization in Nigeria, Mushin has become one of the largest beneficiaries of the industrial expansion. Much in has local commercial enterprises which include: spinning and weaving of cotton, shoe manufacturing, bicycle and motorised-cycle assembly, along with the production of powdered milk. Once a staple source of revenue in Nigeria, agriculture is also a large central market.
The town is home to Hospitals as well as Educational facilities that extend to the secondary school level. Mushin lies at the intersection of roads from Lagos, Shomolu, and Ikeja. Most of its inhabitants are from the Yoruba tribe, and as a result Yoruba is the commonest language spoken.{{Cite web|title = Mushin {{!}} Nigeria|url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/398880/Mushin|access-date = 2015-05-22}}{{Cite web |title=Mushin {{!}} Nigeria {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mushin |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
Boundary
- North – Oshodi/Apapa expressway from Oshodi to flyover leading to international airport to Oshodi exit into Agege motor road
- South – Boundary with Surulere Local Government at the other side of Bishop Street to include Akobi crescent, LUTH, Idi-Araba communities
- East – Agege motor road from Oshodi to Bishop street
- West – Oshodi – Apapa Expressway to Itire junction to include Itire-Ijesha communities in former Mushin Local Government.
Localities
Gallery
File:Market in Mushin, Lagos.jpg
File:A road in Mushin, Lagos.jpg
File:Alamutu Market in Idi-Oro, Mushin1.jpg
File:Alamutu Market in Idi-Oro, Mushin.jpg
File:Allamutu Market.jpg
File:Mushin first Post Office.jpg
References
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External links
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Category:Local Government Areas in Lagos State
Category:Local Government Areas in Yorubaland
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