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Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria.
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History
Badagry Division figures in the history of relations and contact between Nigeria and Europe, as it was a major slave outpost and market prior to British colonization. It was also the place where, in 1842, Christianity was first preached in Nigeria; this was memorialized by the Agia Cenotaph.
LGAs
It consists of four local government areas:
Major settlements
Awori District settlements
In the Awori District are:
Trivia
References
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