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A map of Ajegunle: areas, roads and landmarks

Where Ajegunle sits, what borders it, its communities, roads, junctions and landmarks, laid out in words and tables.

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Ajegunle does not fit neatly on a tourist map. It is a dense, busy part of the Lagos mainland where neighbourhood names, market names and bus-stop names overlap, and where locals give directions by junction rather than by street number. This page lays it out in words and tables: where it sits, what borders it, the communities inside it, the main roads, and the landmarks people use to find their way. For a real journey, use a live map app alongside it.

The big picture

Ajegunle is the everyday name for the local government area of Ajeromi-Ifelodun, on the Lagos mainland. Its centre is at roughly 6°26′N, 3°21′E. The council puts its land at about 2,216 hectares, almost all built up; Wikipedia gives a smaller figure, 12.49 square kilometres. Either way, it is small for the number of people who live there, which is why it is one of the densest places in Lagos.

What borders it

DirectionNeighbourWhy it matters
EastApapa local governmentThe Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port, two of Nigeria’s busiest ports
NorthSurulereThe way toward central mainland Lagos
WestToward Satellite TownWikipedia places the area east of Satellite Town
SouthToward the Tin Can Island Port complex and the seaWikipedia and the council both name the Atlantic as the southern limit

Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, named after the Kirikiri community it stands in, lies to the west of Apapa. By its published coordinates it is roughly five kilometres west of Ajegunle’s centre.

The main roads

RoadWhat it does
Oshodi–Apapa ExpresswayThe big road to the ports, built 1975 to 1978 and later rebuilt in concrete. It links the area north toward Oshodi and the airport.
Lagos–Badagry ExpresswayThe road west toward Badagry.
Ottor-Wharf/Awodi-Ora RoadA state road linking Ajegunle to the Oshodi–Apapa Expressway. In 2013, residents told Vanguard it had become almost impassable after rain.
Kirikiri Road, New Road, Ojo RoadLocal names that also turn up as street and neighbourhood names in the area.

Junctions and landmarks

  • Boundary Junction and Boundary Roundabout: one of the area’s main transport hubs, beside Boundary Market. See Olodi-Apapa and Boundary Market.
  • The council secretariat: 1 Baale Adeyemo Street, Ajegunle, in the Ago-Hausa area.
  • Ajegunle Central Mosque and Ajegunle Post Office, both pictured on Wikipedia’s Ajegunle page.
  • Wilmer and Ajegunle jetties: named by reference sources as places to travel by water instead of by road.
  • Mile 2 rail station: the western end of the first phase of the Lagos Blue Line, which runs 13 km to Marina and opened to passengers in September 2023. Reference sources list Mile 2 among the stations that serve the area.

Communities

The council lists these as its communities. Each has its own traditional head, a Ba’ale.

Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGAIfelodun LCDA
AjegunleLayeni
AlayabiagbaAmukoko
AiyetoroOridilu/Oke-Oja
AlakotoAlaba Oro
Araromi
Dankaka
Tolu
Awodi-Ora
Ibafon
Onibaba

You will also hear neighbourhood names that are not on that list but are widely used, including Olodi (Olodi-Apapa), Wilmer, Ago-Hausa, Ashafa, Cardoso, Orodu, Mosafejo, Temidire and Boundary.

Markets on the map

The council’s seven major markets are Alayabiagba Boundary, Tolu, Awodi-Ora, Alakoto, Cemetery, Ibafon and Temidire. Most share their name with one of the communities above. Wikipedia adds the Wilmer and Odunade markets as trading centres for the area.

How locals give directions

In a dense area where neighbourhood, market and junction names overlap, landmarks are the most useful way to find your way: a junction, a market, a place of worship, a bus stop. “Come down at Boundary, then ask for Tolu” is easier to follow than a house number. Bring a phone with a live map, and do not be shy to ask.

Ajegunle in AJ Cities, and the estate map

AJ Cities is a free browser game named after Ajegunle, but its map is not a map of the real place. The game is set in Abraham Adesyan Estate, a fictional estate on the edge of Ajegunle, where Navy Town meets Kirikiri. Its layout is invented for the story: the main gate at the north end, one main street, June 12 Street, a footpath south to the bush and the beach, and, in the game, the wall of Kirikiri prison across the road to the east. In the real Lagos, as above, the prison lies to the west of Ajegunle.

In the game, press M to open the map. All the keys are in the controls guide, and you can browse every place on the places page.

Questions

Where is Ajegunle on the map of Lagos?

On the Lagos mainland at about 6°26′N, 3°21′E, beside Apapa and its ports to the east, with Surulere to the north. It is the local government area of Ajeromi-Ifelodun.

What roads go to Ajegunle?

The Oshodi–Apapa Expressway and the Lagos–Badagry Expressway are the main ones. Local links include the Ottor-Wharf/Awodi-Ora Road.

Is there a train station near Ajegunle?

Reference sources list Mile 2, the western end of the first phase of the Lagos Blue Line to Marina, among the stations that serve the area.

Is the AJ Cities estate on a real map?

No. Abraham Adesyan Estate is fictional, and its layout is invented for the game.

Sources

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