Boron, Ivory Coast

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Boron
Town and sub-prefecture
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Boron
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 8°42′N5°58′W / 8.700°N 5.967°W / 8.700; -5.967 Coordinates: 8°42′N5°58′W / 8.700°N 5.967°W / 8.700; -5.967
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
District Savanes
Region Poro
Department Dikodougou
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total24,239
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Boron is a town in north-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Dikodougou Department in Poro Region, Savanes District. The town sits just northeast of the border of Woroba District.

Ivory Coast State in West Africa

Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on the south coast of West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro in the centre of the country, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.

Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast

Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast are the fourth-level administrative subdivisions of the country. There are currently 510 sub-prefectures. They were created in 2011, when the administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast were reorganised.

Dikodougou Department Department in Savanes, Ivory Coast

Dikodougou Department is a department of Poro Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 80,578 and its seat is the settlement of Dikodougou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Boron, Dikodougou and Guiembé.

Boron was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. [2]

Communes of Ivory Coast fifth-level administrative unit of Ivory Coast

The communes of Ivory Coast are a fifth-level administrative unit of administration in Ivory Coast. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast contain villages, and in select instances more than one village is combined into a commune. There are currently 197 communes in the 510 sub-prefectures.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Boron was 24,239 [3] .

Villages

The 6 villages of the sub-prefecture of Boron and their population in 2014 are [3] :

  1. Bissidougou (2 309)
  2. Boron (6 135)
  3. Farakoro (3 270)
  4. Gbondougou (2 294)
  5. Marha (5 502)
  6. Ouattaradougou (4 729)

Notes

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 11 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 Poro" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.


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