Otan Ayegbaju (Otan for short) is an historic town in Yorubaland founded about 500 years ago by descendants of

Oduduwa Oduduwa was a Yoruba divine king. According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the ''Olofin'' of Ile-Ife, the Yoruba holy city. He ruled briefly in Ife, and also served as the progenitor of a number of independent royal dynasties ...

, who migrated from

Ifẹ Ifẹ̀ ( yo, Ifẹ̀, also ''Ilé-Ifẹ̀'') is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria. The city is located in present-day Osun State. Ife is about 218 kilometers northeast of Lagos with a population of over 500,000 people, which is t ...

. It is the headquarters of Boluwaduro Local Government Area. Nearby towns are Eripa, Iresi,

Igbajo Igbajo is a town in the southwest of Nigeria, in the Boluwaduro Local Government Area in Osun State. Igbajo was founded in the 12th century. It neighbors the cities of Iresi, Ìlá Òràngún, Okemesi, Ada, Ire, Otan-Aiyegbaju, Otan-Ile, Imesi- ...

, Oke-run and Oyan. It's the seat of the Catholic Maria pilgrimage (Oke Maria). The Owa of Otan Ayegbaju is the title given to the king. The Owa of Otan Ayegbaju was the 26th child of

. The town's government wasn't destroyed by inter-tribal wars. The current Owa is Oba Lukman Adesola Ojo Fadipe Arenibiowo, Owa Olatanka III. He was installed in June 2009.

Geography

Otan is located in the northern area of

Osun State Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun S ...

, thirty-seven kilometers from

Oshogbo Osogbo (also ''Oṣogbo'', rarely ''Oshogbo'') is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke Baale Area of the city) and Olorund ...

. It covers a land mass of . Its terrain consists of hills, mountains, dense forest, vegetation and gullies. The climate is tropical with warm temperatures and low humidity. Otan Ayegbaju borders with Eripa, Iresi, Oke-run, Igbajo and Oyan.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Osun State