Apapa

This article is about a Nigerian port. For the Japanese manga artist formerly known as Mokona Apapa, see Clamp (manga artists).

Apapa
LGA
Nigerian Naval Station, Apapa
Apapa is located in Lagos Apapa Location in Lagos
Coordinates:
Country	Nigeria
State	Lagos State
City	Lagos
Government
• LGA Chairman	Bolaji Dada
Population (2006)
• Total	217,362
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Apapa is a Local Government Area in Lagos, located to the west of Lagos Island. Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex (LPC).

In its legislation, the NPA itself does not refer to any port called "Port of Apapa", rather it refers to the "Port of Lagos", "Port of Port Harcourt" and "Port of Calabar".

Overview

The region of Apapa lies near the mouth of Lagos lagoon, and contains ports and terminals for various commodities such as containers and bulk cargo, houses, offices and a small old disused railway station (Apapa North). It is the site of a major container terminal which was owned and operated by the Federal Government of Nigeria until March 2005, and now is operated by the Danish firm A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. Adjacent to the container port is the Tin Can Island port, which has ro-ro facilities.

It also houses some refineries like the Bua Group. It also has commercial offices of many shipping, clearing and transportation companies. Other notable buildings include the Folawiyo Towers. Apapa houses the headquarters of the Nigerian newspaper Thisday.

History

An important bronze hoard of jewellery dating from the 16th Century was found in Apapa in 1907 and is now kept at the British Museum.

The German School Lagos was located in Apapa.

See also

• Railway stations in Nigeria

External links

• Apapa Local Government