Atan Ota
Atan Ota (Also Atan Otta) is a frontline town located in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area which is one of the 19 Local Government Areas of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated at 6°46'0"N 2°47'60"E and is 575 kilometres (357 mi) west of Abuja and 62 km (39 mi) northeast of Cotonou. The town is brimming with some 300,000 residents.[1] It lies right on the international route linking Nigeria with the Republic of Benin and directly west of Sango Otta township. A hub of business activities. The population of the settlement keeps increasing constantly as more and more people move out from Lagos to build residential blocks in the booming suburb.
History
The Ado-Odo/Ota local government area as a whole is predominantly Awori by native population, however there are also pockets of Egba populations in Sango Otta, Ijoko and Atan, while the Yewas or Egbados and the Eguns can be found in the Ado Odo area. Apart from the native population, there are people from all over Nigeria living peacefully in the vicinity.
Geography
Atan Otta is bounded by the Lagos State local governments of Ojo and Badagry in the south, and Alimosho in the east. Yewa South and Ifo Local Governments in the north and Ipokia Local Government in the west.