[1] It lies right on the international route linking Nigeria with the Republic of Benin and directly west of Sango Otta township.

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.

The king of Atan Ota Oba Solomon Oyedele(Isiyemi 1) joined his ancestors on March 18th, 2018 at the age of 96.

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.

Atan Otta is bounded by the Lagos State local governments of Ojo and Badagry in the south, and Alimosho in the east.