Anybody that knows these two cities very well, will agree with me that Abuja city is larger than Lagos city, although many Nigerians think otherwise.

Abuja has good roads and fantastic road networks, which makes any part of the city accessable within 1hour, probably that is why people think lagos is larger in size..

Lagos is larger in size than Abuja.

Lagos has an area of 999.6square kilometers as compared to Abuja's 713square km

Ever wondered why Lagos supports the largest population in Nigeria without crumbling? I bet you that with all the good roads and infrastructures in Abuja if half of the populace of Lagos where to reside in Abuja, it would crumble. #fact

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos

LAGOS IS LARGER DAN ABJ, BUT ABJ IS MORE BEAUTIFUL DAN LAGOS

Abeg how many city i africa dey more beautiful than abuja

@Eseharrison those stats you posted are very false. Lagos state occupies 3,557 sqkm land mass with water accounting for 30%, FCT(Abuja) occupies a land mass of 8,000 sqkm.. Source:Abuja geographic information system & Lagos geographic info system.

Cajetan speaks: @Eseharrison those stats you posted are very false. Lagos state occupies 3,557 sqkm land mass with water accounting for 30%, FCT(Abuja) occupies a land mass of 8,000 sqkm.. Source:Abuja geographic information system & Lagos geographic info system.

Out of the 8,000 sqkm only 250 makes up for Abuja city proper

Eseharrison:

Out of the 8,000 sqkm only 250 makes up for Abuja city proper

Thats false.. How many sqkm make up lagos city out of that 3557spkm?

Cajetan speaks: Thats false.. How many sqkm make up lagos city out of that 3557spkm?

Abuja geographic info sys.
Try reading evrything and not just the 8000sqkm

Eseharrison:

Abuja geographic info sys.
Try reading evrything and not just the 8000sqkm

250sqkm is the size of AMAC [abuja municipal area council] and not the whole of abuja city.Even at that its still bigger than lagos urban

Eseharrison:
Lagos is larger in size than Abuja.

Lagos has an area of 999.6square kilometers as compared to Abuja's 713square km

Ever wondered why Lagos supports the largest population in Nigeria without crumbling? I bet you that with all the good roads and infrastructures in Abuja if half of the populace of Lagos where to reside in Abuja, it would crumble. #fact

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos

This information is inaccurate sir...
Land 999.6 km2 (385.9 sq mi) (Lagos)
Land 1,728 km2 (667 sq mi) (Abuja)

Abuja is different from FCT.
Abuja has a Land size of 1,769 km²
While FCT has a Land size of 7,685 km²

FCT includes six (6) different local governments which are:
Abaji - 992 km2
Abuja - 1,769 km²
Bwari - 1,031 km²
Gwagwalada - 1,043 km2
Kuje - 1,644 km²
Kwali - 1,206 km2

Unlike Lagos State which has a Land size of 3,577 km² while Lagos City has a land size of 1,171 km²

Ibadan the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa has a land size of 6,800 km2, while its metropolis is limited to 3,080 km2