Ado-Odo/Ota
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The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is one of the 20 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 (or Otta) at 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 htt
Key facts
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- Ado-Odo/Ota
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- LGA
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- Nigeria
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- 250
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- Location in Nigeria
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- Country
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- State
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- Ogun State
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- Local Government Chairman
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- Sheriff Adewale Musa (APC)
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- Metric
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- 878
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- 2006 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 896,700
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
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- +1
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- yes
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- 8
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The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is one of the 20 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 (or Otta) at 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 km2 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, kola nut, palm oil, coffee, cassava, timber, maize, and vegetables. Mineral resources include kaolin, silica sand, gypsum, and glass sand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ado-Odo/Ota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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