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Do not fill this in! {{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Ado-Odo/Ota |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|LGA]] |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Nigeria |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Nigeria |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Nigeria}} |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Nigeria|State]] |subdivision_name1 =[[Ogun State]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title =Local Government Chairman |leader_name =Sheriff Adewale Musa ([[All Progressives Congress|APC]]) |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =878 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2006 census |population_note = |population_total = 526,565 ||timezone =[[West Africa Time|WAT]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|6|38|N|3|06|E|type:adm2nd_region:NG|display=inline,title}} |module={{Infobox mapframe|wikidata=yes|zoom=8|marker=village|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}} |elevation_footnotes = |postal_code_type = 3-digit postal code prefix |postal_code = 112 |area_code = |iso_code = NG.OG.AO }} The '''Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area''' is one of the 20 [[Local Government Areas of Nigeria|Local Government Areas]] of [[Ogun State]], [[Nigeria]]. It came into existence on 19 May 1989, following the merging of Ota, part of the defunct Ifo/Ota Local Government with Ado-Odo/Igbesa Areas of the Yewa South Local Government. Ado-Odo/Ota borders on metropolitan [[Lagos]]. The Local Government Area is the second largest in [[Ogun State]] and it is headquartered at [[Ota, Nigeria|Ota]] (or Otta) at{{Coord|6|41|00|N|3|41|00|E| region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} to the north of the Area. Other towns and cities include Araromi-Alade, [[Ado-Odo]], [[Agbara]], [[Igbesa]], [[Iju-Ota]], [[Itele]], [[Kooko Ebiye Town]], [[Owode]], and [[Sango Ota]]. official website https://adoodootalg.org.ng/ It has an area of 878 km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 526,565 at the 2006 census. Being primarily agrarian in nature, the Local Government Area produces cash and food crops especially [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]], [[kola nut]], [[palm oil]], [[coffee]], [[cassava]], [[timber]], [[maize]], and vegetables. Mineral resources include [[kaolin]], [[silica sand]], [[gypsum]], and [[glass sand]].<ref name="ogunlgca.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ogunlgca.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=37 |title=Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government |publisher=Ogun State Ministry of Local Govt. and Chieftaincy Affairs |accessdate=3 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223073015/http://www.ogunlgca.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=37 |archivedate=23 February 2013 }}</ref> The Local Government is populated mainly by the [[Awori people]], a subset of the [[Yorubas]] and the original inhabitants of the area. However, other ethnic groups like [[Egba people|Egba]] settlers, Eguns, and Yewas (Egbados) also live here. There are currently eleven Traditional Obaship institutions in the Local Government Area namely: Olofin of Ado-Odo, Olota of Ota, Onilogbo of Ilogbo, Oloja Ekun of Igbesa, Onikooko of Kooko Ebiye, Onitele of Itele, Amiro of Ilamiro, Onitekun of Itekun, Olodan of Odan Abuja Sule, Alagbara of Agbara, Onigun of Odan-Abuja, Onikogbo of Ikogbo, Olu of Owode Ota, Olu of Atan Ota, Olu of Ijoko Ota and Olu of Tigbo Ilu .<ref name="ogunlgca.com"/> The Local Government Area boasts a range of cultural, traditional, and historic attractions. One of the most popular is the [[Egungun]] (Masquerade) festival in Ota alongside the [[Oduduwa]] (Odu'a) festival in [[Ado-Odo]]. There are also shrines such as Ijamido and Ogbodo Shrines. The second oldest storey building in West Africa can be found in Ota, the Vicarage of the St. James Anglican Church built in 1842.<ref name="ogunlgca.com"/> The [[postal code]] of the area is 112.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Offices- with map of LGA |publisher=NIPOST |url=http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |accessdate=2009-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx |archivedate=7 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Ogun State}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ado-Odo Ota}} [[Category:Local Government Areas in Ogun State]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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