Bengassou

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Bengassou
Bingassou
Town and sub-prefecture
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Bengassou
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°47′N4°29′W / 6.783°N 4.483°W / 6.783; -4.483
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
District Lacs
Region N'Zi
Department Bocanda
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total
22,891
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Bengassou (also spelled Bingassou) is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Bocanda Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District.

Bengassou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished. [2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bengassou was 22,891. [3]

Villages

The 24 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bengassou and their population in 2014 are: [3]

  1. Agbanan-Yakro (727)
  2. Alloko-Kouakoukro (593)
  3. Allokokro (224)
  4. Assandeinkro (655)
  5. Assika- N'ziblekro (1,848)
  6. Assika-Ettienkro (1,047)
  7. Assika-Kayabo (1,158)
  8. Beboussou (957)
  9. Bengassou (2,539)
  10. Boni-Kouassikro (875)
  11. Brou-Ahoussoukro (1,901)
  12. Deblekro (488)
  13. Djinandjikro (286)
  14. Esse-Kokokro (1,162)
  15. Esse-Yakro (602)
  16. Essui-Koffikro (315)
  17. Kongonouan (1,160)
  18. Kouakou-Broukro (370)
  19. N'gassokro (1,157)
  20. Plioua (497)
  21. Tchimoukro (2,659)
  22. Tokpa-N'drikro (1,134)
  23. Tokro (241)
  24. Toumounou 1 (296)

References

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région N'Zi" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.